Most typhoons come ashore on the island’s sparsely populated east coast, but Danas scraped its crowded western edge. Nearly 300,000 households had no power on Monday.

Typhoon Danas has brought heavy winds and torrential rains to parts of Taiwan, killing two people and injuring more than 300 on the island’s densely populated west coast

Typhoon Danas caused severe destruction in Taiwan with extremely strong winds, reaching 135 miles per hour.The storm brought extremely heavy rainfall of over 60 centimeters in some areas which led to serious flooding and landslides.