<p><br /> Business stopped in Taiwan on Sunday as a mid-strength typhoon made landfall, bringing heavy rains and strong wind gusts as officials scrambled to prevent a repeat of the devastation caused by a 2009 storm.<br /> </p><p><br /> Typhoon Fanapi, Taiwan's most severe storm so far in 2010 with wind gusts of up to 123 mph, forced the cancellation of all domestic flights and a handful of international ones.<br /> </p><p><br /> Fears of high winds also shut down the island's biggest ports, in Kaohsiung and Keelung.<br /> </p><p><br /> Officials were on high alert after Taiwan's worst typhoon in five decades triggered mudslides that killed about 700 people in August 2009, prompting a cabinet reshuffle as residents accused the government of reacting too slowly.<br /> </p><p><br /> The island's Central Weather Bureau issued warnings for sustained winds of up to 100mph as rainfall as high as 305mm in the north-eastern mountains.<br /> </p><p><br /> About 6,500 people in mountain villages prone to mudslides were evacuated late on Saturday.<br /> </p>
