A person has died as high winds and flooding as a powerful typhoon battered Taiwan with thousands evacuated and the capital Taipei plunged into lockdown. Typhoon Kong-rey made landfall in Taiwan today with the island’s east coast and northern areas worst affected, after the storm barrelled past the northern Philippines . Flights and train services have been suspended in the country and 8,600 people moved to shelters with typhoon Kong-rey blowing at 114mph with gusts of up to 141 mph as it moved