Trucks were overturned and roofs were blown off while electricity poles and trees were uprooted by winds in some southern areas.
The typhoon, which had earlier skirted the southern tip of Taiwan, made landfall in Xiamen early Thursday.- Cars drive past collapsed power lines, that partially block the road, as super typhoon Meranti skirts Pingtung county in southern Taiwan.
- Trucks were overturned, roofs blown off and a small lighthouse vanished into the sea as the monster storm barrelled towards China.
- Vending machines succumb to floodwaters outside a convenience store as the super typhoon brought parts of Taiwan to a standstill.
- Residents affected by super typhoon Meranti are evacuated on a military armoured vehicle in southern Pingtung county
- Stores and homes in Pingtung county were wrecked as they bore the brunt of the world's strongest typhoon in three years, and the island's biggest in 21 years
- Electricity poles and trees toppled over as super typhoon Meranti skirted Pingtung county in southern Taiwan, knocking out power for more than 180,000 households.
- A satellite image of category 5 Typhoon Meranti off the Pacific coast of Taiwan.
- Violent winds of up to 370 kilometres per hour and torrential rain brought parts of eastern and southern Taiwan to a standstill as Meranti skirted past the island's southern tip, where Hengchun's observation station recorded the strongest gusts in its 120-year history, according to Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau.
Typhoon Meranti lashed Taiwan with its biggest storm in 21 years last night before striking mainland China, which issued a red alert for waves as the storm bore down.
Trucks were overturned and roofs were blown off while electricity poles and trees were uprooted by winds in some southern areas.
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