An approaching typhoon bringing strong winds and torrential rainfall to Taiwan killed one person and injured dozens of others over the past few days and led to the evacuation of thousands from low-lying or mountainous areas.

Follow our live coverage of Typhoon Krathon. “The impact is getting bigger and bigger,” said Gene Huang, forecaster at the CWA, pointing to threats to Taiwan’s southwest and

Typhoon Krathon is expected to make a “rare” landfall in the highly populated regions of southwestern Taiwan, prompting school closures, flight cancellations and evacuations. The storm intensified to a super typhoon on Tuesday,