Overview

• Danas entered the Taiwan Strait after weakening over western Taiwan following its unprecedented landfall in Chiayi County
• The Central Weather Administration recorded gusts up to 222 km/h and rainfall exceeding 60 centimeters during the storm’s passage
• At least two people were killed and hundreds injured across densely populated west coast areas, including Tainan and Yunlin
• Over half a million households in Taiwan lost power and more than 3,400 residents were evacuated following flooding and landslides
• Authorities in Guangdong and Zhejiang have suspended ferry services, called vessels to port and ordered coastal evacuations ahead of the typhoon’s projected landfall