Nepartak made landfall about 5 miles southwest of Taitung City, Taiwan, shortly before 7 a.m. local time Friday, with estimated winds around 201 km/h (125 mph).
The typhoon lost power after slamming into Taiwan’s eastern coast, bringing ferocious winds and torrential rains to the area.
It has killed two people and injuring 66 others. Planes and fishing boats were grounded, while more than 15,000 people were evacuated.
For safety and security reasons all fishing boats, commercial ships and planes were grounded.
Typhoon Nepartak will bring life-threatening flooding rain and destructive winds to Taiwan into Friday. Threats to eastern China will then follow.
Heavy rain and strong winds will then spread along the eastern China coastal plain on Friday afternoon and into Saturday as Nepartak makes its second and final landfall.
The National Commission for Disaster Relief urged Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian and Jiangxi to closely monitor the typhoon’s movement around the clock and issue warnings in a timely manner. It also asked them to relocate people and harbor ships at sea and tell residents to buy and store survival necessities for one to three days.
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Sources & References: Accuweather, xinhua
