ILAN: A powerful typhoon approached eastern Taiwan, churning up huge waves and wind yesterday that grounded fishing boats, commercial ships and planes The fast-moving Typhoon Nepartak. packing maximum sustained winds of 220kph and gusts of 255kph, was blowing over the Philippine Sea with a large rain diameter of 650 km, according to the Philippine weather agency. It is forecast to make landfall this morning south of Hualien city in eastern Taiwan. Big waves were lashing the shore of nearby Ilan port city yesterday, where fishermen tightened their boats. Forecasters said
waves of 1m to 7m could batter the coast,
inland lakes and beachfront areas