Super typhoon Nepartak has left a trail of destruction in Taiwan. Damage to stores has caused huge economic losses. The typhoon also toppled trees and lamp poles, paralyzing traffic.
Many hut roofs and street signs have been blown off. Roads and streets were drenched. More than fifteen-thousand people had been evacuated as a precaution. And Nepartak cut power to some forty-three thousand households.
Two were reported killed and dozens were injured as super typhoon Nepartak batters eastern Taiwan. The typhoon has weakened when it reached Pingtung County on Friday at around 8am. Bullet train services have been suspended, and more than three-hundred international and two-hundred-fifty-four domestic flights were cancelled.
China's central meteorological observatory also released the third highest typhoon alert. Nepartak is expected to move northwest at a speed of 15 to 20 kilometers per hour, and will reach the Taiwan Strait on Friday afternoon. The observatory also expects that it will land in Fujian Province tomorrow morning.
