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 lashed southern Taiwan with record winds and strong rain early on Monday, killing two people and injuring more than 630 in a rare hit to the island's densely populated west coast.

Typhoon Danas pummeled southern Taiwan with fierce winds and rain, causing two deaths and injuring over 630 people. Known for striking Taiwan's east coast, this typhoon hit the densely populated west,