Typhoon hits Taiwan
A powerful typhoon has ripped into Taiwan, injuring residents, crippling transport and forcing the evacuation of thousands of people from mountainous areas prone to landslides.
The Central Weather Bureau said Typhoon Fanapi, the first major storm to strike the island this year, made landfall in the eastern city of Hualien at 8:40am (40 minutes past midnight Irish time), packing winds of 89 mph and churning its way westward toward China at a speed of 12 mph.
