Torrential rain battered southwest China on Sunday as Typhoon Megi was downgraded to a tropical depression after wreaking havoc in Taiwan and the Philippines. Megi, the strongest storm to hit the northwest Pacific in two decades, killed 36 people in the Philippines last week and left 12 dead and two dozen missing in Taiwan as it edged towards China. But it lost steam after making landfall in southwest China's Fujian province late last night and China's state meteorological bureau downgraded it to a tropical depression early on Sunday.The bureau said torrential rains were expected in Fujian and neighbouring Zhejiang province throughout the day. Meanwhile, Taiwanese rescuers continued their search for 25 people left missing after Megi's heavy rains sparked widespread landslides along a coastal highway on the island.