Major damage: People surveying the collapsed archway of the Nankunshen Daitian temple and its flooded courtyard in the aftermath of Typhoon Danas in Tainan. — AFP
TYPHOON Danas lashed southern Taiwan with record winds and strong rain, killing at least two people and injuring more than 500 in a rare hit to the island’s densely populated west coast.
Taiwan is regularly struck by typhoons, but they generally land along the mountainous and sparsely populated east coast facing the Pacific.
