Super typhoon Dujuan has killed two people and left more than 300 injured in Taiwan, authorities say after it swept across the island before making landfall in eastern China.
More than half a million people were without electricity in Taiwan as the storm left a trail of destruction in the north of the island.
It hit the Chinese
coastal city of Putian, state news agency Xinhua said, but there were no
immediate reports of damage. It was packing winds of up to 119km/h.Many of those injured in Taiwan were hit by flying debris or involved in traffic accidents, the Emergency Operation Centre said, putting the death toll at two and the number of injured at 324. Six mountain climbers were missing.
A total of 710,000 households were without electricity and 370,000 without water.
Severe winds uprooted trees and smashed windows while heavy rain triggered multiple landslides.
Taiwan's aboriginal mountain communities are particularly at risk during typhoons, often affected by flooding and mudslides.
Just outside the capital, Taipei, landslides blocked the roads into the hot spring town of Wulai, which was severely damaged by flooding and landslides in August when Typhoon Soudelor hit.
Dujuan was categorised as a "super typhoon" by regional forecasters, taking residents by surprise as it sped up before making landfall late on Monday in the eastern county of Yilan.
It was downgraded to a "moderate typhoon" by Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau as it crossed the island.
"It's expected the typhoon will continue to weaken and its radius to keep shrinking," the weather bureau said.
Schools and offices in Taiwan were shut. Several domestic and international flights and trains were suspended as the storm approached.
