Typhoon Fung-Wong lashed Taiwan Monday, bringing strong winds and heavy rains which triggered landslides and floods. Schools, offices, banks and the local stock exchange had to be closed. Moreover, the railway traffic was stopped due to the powerful winds of up to 126 kilometers (90 miles).

The typhoon made landfall on the east central coast before daylight, packing winds of 105 miles per hour.

As stated by the local television channel TVBS, the body of a 26-year-old woman was discovered in Taitung. This is was the first death caused by Fung-Wong.

According to the Civil Aeronautics Administration, the internal flights and 56 international flights were canceled. Regional flights using big airplanes were still taking off and landing according to their timetables, says the Taoyuan airport's Web site.

In line with Taiwan's disaster relief center, officials evacuated more than 500 residents and banned traffic at low-lying bridges. A village leader in Nantou County told Sanlih Television that floods stretched to a mountain from the village, making an estimated 1,000 people to prepare for evacuation.

Television images showed rescue workers moving through deep waters to save people from their households in Hualien, situated in the eastern part of Taiwan. Power was cut there to 43,000 homes, the Central News Agency notified.

Fung-Wong came only a week after typhoon Kalmaegi hit Taiwan, bringing heavy rain on central and southern island, killing 19 inhabitants.

According to the state-run Xinhua news agency, 52,000 boats were ordered back to harbor.

The Central Weather Bureau said on June 27 that Taiwan, eastern China, Japan and Vietnam are susceptible to be lashed by more typhoons this year, due to high ocean temperatures.