Super typhoon Nepartak slammed into the east coast of Taiwan on Friday morning, overturning cars, forcing thousands from their homes and leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. China’s eastern Fujian province is bracing for Nepartak, with the storm expected to arrive on Saturday. As China braced for the arrival of super typhoon Nepartak, a senior Communist party official warned that the country “should be on high alert for river floods and disasters including mountain torrents and landslides”. Floods have caused a series of landslides across eastern China and killed at least 160 people, while more than 1.84 million people have been evacuated, according to Xinhua. Related: Super typhoon Nepartak: flights cancelled as Taiwan braces for stormTaiwan’s first major tropical storm of the season made landfall at about 5.50am in the eastern county of Taitung with winds of 234km/h (145mph) reportedly lashing the region.

Source: The Guardian July 08, 2016 00:24 UTC