More than 14,000 people in Taiwan have fled their homes, and many shops remain closed, as a typhoon pounding Japan's remote southwestern islands swept towards China on Saturday.

ISHIGAKI: A large and powerful typhoon approached a remote chain of islands in Japan's southwest on Friday (Jul 10), prompting authorities to warn of violent winds, torrential…

Hundreds of people in Taiwan have been evacuated from their homes, and many schools and offices closed, as the biggest typhoon in decades sweeps towards the region on Friday.