This handout photo taken by the Taiwan Military and released by CNA Photo on July 7, 2016 shows military units in the eastern county of Hualien preparing sandbags on a beach. - AFP PHOTO / CNA PHOTO / Taiwan Military
TAIPEI: Super Typhoon Nepartak lashed Taiwan with powerful winds and torrential rain as it made landfall Friday, injuring dozens and forcing more than 15,000 to evacuate their homes as the island cancelled hundreds of flights and shut offices and schools.
Packing gusts of up to 198kph, it landed at Taimali township in eastern Taitung county shortly before 6am (2200 GMT Thursday) and was moving northwest across the island.
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