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Powerful rains and winds brought by super Typhoon Nepartak have killed one person in Taiwan.
Severe rain and wind brought by super Typhoon Nepartak killed at least three people and injured more than 140 in Taiwan, authorities say.
The storm made landfall in the southeastern county of Taitung at 5.50am (0750 AEST) on Friday.
One unidentified man died after being swept off a beach in the eastern county of Hualien late Thursday.
A soldier on an island in the Taiwan Strait fell into the sea while fishing. His body was found early Friday.
A 71-year-old woman, in Taitung, died when she was struck by a falling cabinet, officials said.
At least 142 people in the eastern and southern regions were hit by falling trees or injured by glass, an official at the Central Emergency Operation Centre said.
More than 510,000 families were left without electricity and 24,200 families were left without tap water.
"In many places, the water supply systems cannot function due to the lack of power supply," said Li Wei-sen, an official of the centre.
Authorities issued landslide warnings for more than 700 mountainous areas due to rising river levels. More than 15,000 residents were evacuated.
Winds gusting to more than 200km per hour were detected by weather stations, the Central Weather Bureau said.
Local TV news images showed winds flipping over cars and breaking windows in Taitung City.
On Friday, Taiwan Railways suspended some services, including the high-speed trains. More than 300 international flights were also cancelled, authorities said.
Taiwan's agriculture sector suffered an estimated 664 million Taiwanese dollars (20.5 million US dollars) in losses, according to the Council of Agriculture late Friday.
Over 15,000 evacuated as super typhoon hits Taiwan
AFP on July 8, 2016, 5:45 pm
Taipei (AFP) - Super Typhoon Nepartak brought chaos to Taiwan on Friday, forcing more than 15,000 people to flee their homes as the strongest winds in over a century lashed part of the island.
The season's first major storm hit Taimali township in eastern Taitung county early Friday, bringing torrential rain, shutting offices and schools and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights.
Ferocious winds battered the island at close to 200 kilometres per hour (120 miles per hour) -- with Taitung recording the strongest gusts in the county since 1901, according to Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau.
A soldier who fell into the sea off Dongyin Island was found dead Friday, the day after a man drowned off a beach in Hualien county, according to an official tally.
Dozens of injuries were also reported, most caused by fallen objects.
The storm weakened as it passed over the island before leaving southwest Tainan City at around 2:30 pm (0630 GMT), heading for eastern China.
More than 15,000 people have been moved from their homes which were prone to landslides or flooding and about 3,600 of them were in shelters.
Nearly 4,000 people evacuated were in New Taipei City, which includes Wulai, a popular hot spring area near the capital which was cut off for days after Typhoon Soudelor ravaged Taiwan last August.
Soldiers on Thursday went door-to-door in remote mountainous areas urging villagers to leave their homes.
The defense ministry had stepped up evacuations since 2009, when Typhoon Morakot killed more than 600 people, many of them buried in huge landslides in the south.
As many as 466,000 households lost power due to the storm, with about 125,000 still without electricity as of Friday afternoon.
Most scheduled domestic flights were cancelled while close to 500 international flights were affected, Taipei's two main airports said.
Financial markets were shut and most trains also stopped running Friday.
The 200 kilometre-radius storm had weakened to a "moderate" typhoon, Taiwan's weather bureau said, and was moving northwest at a speed of 12 kph.
Preparations were being made on the mainland, where Nepartak is forecast to make landfall in Fujian province on Saturday.
It was expected to "cause impact on the entire province with severe wind and rains," the Fujian Meteorological Administration said, predicting wind speeds would have slowed to 137 kph by the time it hit.
Ferry services and flights between Fujian and Taiwan were halted, as were trains running between cities in Fujian and the neighbouring provinces of Jiangxi and Zhejiang.
The local government asked ships at sea to return to harbour and all fishermen to evacuate, with 66 tugs and three helicopters lined up to help, Chinese official news portal people.com.cn reported Friday.
Orders were issued for work on all sea-related construction to be stopped and all staff evacuated, and all coastal tourist spots and parks were closed, it said.
In 2009, Typhoon Morakot devastated the island, killing more than 600 people, most of them buried in huge landslides in the south.
