Typhoon Nepartak Drenches Taiwan, Killing 2; Now Headed For China

Typhoon Nepartak powered ashore over the southeastern shore of Taiwan at approximately 6:30 pm EDT (22:30 UTC) July 7 as a Category 4 super typhoon with top sustained winds of 150 mph, as estimated by the the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC). The Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) estimated that Nepartak had a central pressure of 930 mb shortly before landfall. Nepartak hit a relatively unpopulated portion of Taiwan, limiting the damage from the storm...

The nearest large city to the storm's landfall location, Taitung (population 107,000), measured sustained 10-minute winds of 81 mph, gusting to 114 mph, at 21 UTC Thursday, in the northwest eyewall of Nepartak. Taitung's pressure sank as low as 964 mb. Lanyu, on an island just off the coast, saw sustained winds (10-minute average) of 101 mph, with a gust to 160 mph, at 02:15 UTC July 8, when the station was in the south eyewall of Nepartak. Several locations in southeast Taiwan received over 15" of rain in less than 24 hours from Nepartak: Tianxiang (19.05" or 484 mm) and Yuli (17.48" or 444 mm)