A powerful typhoon has injured 45 people, cancelled flights and cut power to tens of thousands in Taiwan. Typhoon Fanapi, Taiwan's most severe storm so far in 2010, brought 162 kilometre per hour maximum wind gusts that caused injuries by toppling scooters, breaking glass and blowing down signs. The National Fire Agency disaster response centre said gusts and sustained winds grounded 120 domestic and 36 international flights. The centre said more than 63,000 households lost power. Government officials are on extra-high alert after Taiwan's worst typhoon in five decades triggered mudslides that killed about 700 people in August 2009. According to forecasting website Tropical Storm Risk today's storm began to abate in the late afternoon, losing strength as it tracked towards south-east China, including Hong Kong. Chinese state news agency Xinhua said, the typhoon is expected to hit China's south-eastern province of Fujian later tomorrow, where more than 186,000 people have been evacuated.