Typhoon Nida has hit the Dapeng Peninsula in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, bringing with it heavy rain and gale force winds. 

Pedestrians brave strong wind to cross a road in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Aug. 2, 2016. Typhoon Nida landed at 3:35 a.m. Tuesday at the Dapeng Peninsula in the city of Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, local weather authorities said. The strong typhoon packing winds up to 151.2 km per hour is moving northwest at 25 km per hour, and is expected to sweep across the cities of Shenzhen, Dongguan, Guangzhou, Foshan and Zhaoqing to Guangdong's neighboring Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)

The typhoon, China's fourth this year, made landfall early on Tuesday morning, bringing gusts of over 150 kilometers per hour.

According to the national weather bureau, the system is moving north west and is expected to sweep across the city of Guangzhou and towards the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Before the storm arrived, over one-thousand ships were ordered to port and almost 100,000 people were evacuated to safety.

Work, production and school classes were suspended in seven cities on the Pearl River Delta including Zhongshan and Zhuhai. The Nanning Railway Bureau said nearly 200 rail services were suspended, including 180 bullet trains.