Monster typhoon on way

Residents advised to prepare survival supplies good for up to three days ahead of Nepartak

Super typhoon Nepartak will worsen the flooding of Taihu Lake in coming days. The rain that will accompany the storm could raise the water level of the lake near Shanghai to a historic high.

Nepartak is expected to bring ferocious winds and driving rain as it makes landfall in Taiwan early on Friday and in Fujian province on Saturday morning before moving north to Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces, the National Meteorological Center said in a statement on Thursday.