to evacuate their homes. So far, one death and one injury have been reported

so far. Lee Minyoung has this report.

Super Typhoon Nepartak is battering Taiwan, devastating parts of the island.

The typhoon made landfall in Taiwan early Friday, about 15 kilometers south of the eastern

city of Taitung,... packing wind speeds of two-hundred-40 kilometers an hour.

The storm has been pounding the eastern coast with torrential rain and wind, sparking heavy

rain alerts and grounding both ships and planes. More than 15-thousand people have been evacuated

and damages have been reported as violent gusts of wind caused trees to fall and windows

to shatter. Power outages have left 13-hundred homes in

the dark.

The typhoon is expected to strike China on Saturday... and make its way toward the Korean

Peninsula on Monday. Nepartak will lose some of its force by the

time it passes Korea's east coast, but heavy rain and strong winds are still expected to

lash the nation from Monday through Wednesday. Lee Minyoung, Arirang News.