Typhoon Danas swept ashore on Taiwan’s southwest coast late Sunday with sustained winds of roughly 220 km/h, becoming one of the strongest storms on record to make landfall on the island’s less-exposed western shoreline. The cyclone rapidly intensified from a tropical storm to a Category 2–3 system in the 24 hours before landfall, surprising forecasters and marking only the second west-coast typhoon strike in the past year. Authorities said at least two people were killed and more than 600 injured as the storm toppled trees, downed power lines and triggered landslides. Electricity was knocked out for about 700,000 households at the height of the storm, and more than 300 domestic and international flights were cancelled. Schools and businesses across much of the island closed on Monday, while emergency crews worked to restore power and clear debris. Danas weakened to a tropical storm after crossing Taiwan but continued north-west across the Taiwan Strait. China’s Zhejiang province raised its emergency alert on Tuesday, suspending dozens of ferry routes and relocating about 71,000 residents from high-risk areas in Wenzhou, Taizhou and Lishui. Forecasters expect the storm to come ashore between Taizhou and Fuzhou before dissipating inland, but warned of flash floods and landslides in coastal and mountain areas.