Typhoon Haima moved further away from Taiwan towards China's east coast on Sunday after causing torrential rains and landslides across the island, killing at least five people. The Central Weather Bureau on Sunday released a warnings of continuing mass flooding and landslides in north and central Taiwan. From Friday until Sunday, landslides were reported across the island, and many areas surrounding the capital Taipei are completely flooded, forcing residents to be evacuated or moved to the second floor of their apartment buildings. On Saturday night, a farmer's family of four was buried alive when a massive landslide buried their house in Chienshih Village, Hsinchu County, in western Taiwan. Several other farmers were also reported missing in the region - many probably buried alive. In Taipei, a 60-year-old man drowned in the flooded basement of his building Saturday as he was trying to save his motorbike. Haima - a Chinese word for Seahorse - developed from a tropical high pressure system into a typhoon between Friday and Saturday. By 1 p.m. (05:00 GMT) on Sunday, the centre of Haima was 70 kilometres northeast of Taiwan. Moving at 14 kilometres per hour, it packs centre winds of 65 kilometres per hour and gusts of 90 kilometres per hour. "If it maintains its present course and intensity, Haima will land on China's east coast by noon on Monday," the weather bureau predicted. --SP 1344 Local Time 1044 GMT