The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said that typhoon Nepartak has turned northward and made landfall on the Pacific coast of the northeastern Miyagi prefecture on Wednesday morning
At least 420,000 people in four cities including the capital Fuzhou have been urgently relocated, state news agency Xinhua reported
Typhoon Nepartak made landfall this morning in Taitung county before weakening to a medium-strength typhoon