Damaged advertisement banners are seen after strong winds and rain from Typhoon Nepartak hit Taitung, Taiwan July 8, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Super typhoon Nepartak hit Taiwan on Friday, driving thousands of people from their homes, disrupting power supplies and grounding more than 600 flights, authorities said.
Television showed toppled motorcycles and signboards being ripped from buildings and swept across roads in southeast Taiwan, where the year's first typhoon made landfall.
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