Typhoon Haikui hit eastern Taiwan bringing fierce winds and plunging thousands of households into darkness. Nearly 4,000 people were evacuated from high-risk areas.
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Nearly 3,000 people were evacuated from high-risk areas in eastern Taiwan ahead of Typhoon Haikui as authorities prepared Sunday for the first tropical storm to directly hit the island in four years.