Super typhoon Nepartak: flights cancelled as Taiwan braces for storm

Thousands of soldiers on standby as super typhoon nears coast, potentially delivering up to 500mm of rainfall Taiwan cancelled dozens of flights and shut schools and offices on Thursday as the island braced for a direct hit from super typhoon Nepartak, the first major tropical storm of the season. Gusts of up to 245km/h (152 miles an hour) have been recorded as the typhoon rumbles towards the eastern county of Hualien, where it is due to make landfall early Friday, according to Taiwan's Central ...