This image obtained from NASA on July 7, 2016, shows Super Typhoon Nepartak approaching Taiwan at 02:30 UTC on July 7 as captured by the MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite. Taiwan cancelled more than 100 flights and shut schools and offices as the island braced for Nepartak, the first major tropical storm of the season. The typhoon was packing gusts of up to 245 kilometres an hour (152 miles an hour). It is expected to make landfall early July 8, according to Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau. / AFP PHOTO / NASA / HO / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response/Jeff Schmaltz" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS HO/AFP/Getty Images