TAIPEI, TAIWAN: Typhoon "Chanthu" unleashed powerful winds and heavy rain on eastern Taiwan on Sunday, disrupting travel links and cutting electricity to some homes but sparing the island a direct hit.
Downgraded from a super typhoon since its rapid formation last week, the outer edges of "Chanthu" pounded the eastern coastline. But the center of the storm remained out to sea as it moved north, the central weather bureau said.