Typhoon Nanmadol has slammed into Taiwan, closing schools, workplaces and government offices. It has dumped more than 19 inches (half a meter) of rain in the mountainous south, where vulnerability to catastrophic landslides prompted the evacuation of some 8,000 people.
Nanmadol made landfall just before daybreak Monday in Taidung county in the remote southeast and headed toward heavily populated coastal areas on the west coast. It is packing winds 68 mph (108 kph), down from earlier peaks almost twice that high.
It is expected to pass about 130 miles (200 kilometers) south of Taipei before heading for the Taiwan Strait and the eastern China coast.
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