1 dead after major typhoon sweeps through Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - One person is dead in Taiwan after a typhoon roiled the island and parts of southeastern China, in what Chinese and Taiwanese weather authorities labeled the strongest storm so far this year.Taiwan's Central News Agency says 44 people were also injured as a result of Typhoon Meranti. The agency says the typhoon knocked out power in almost 1 million homes and water in more than 700,000.Chinese authorities report no deaths from the storm, which hit southern Fujian province early t