TAIPEI, Taiwan >> Typhoon Kong-rey made landfall in Taiwan on Thursday as the most powerful storm to hit the island in nearly three decades, killing one person and injuring more than 200 others.

Authorities in Taiwan closed schools, offices and financial markets, evacuated thousands of people, grounded hundreds of flights, and mobilized the military to help deal with the storm.

Kong-rey was the most powerful typhoon to hit Taiwan in 28 years, said Gene Huang, a forecaster with the island’s Central Weather Administration. The storm approached the island with maximum sustained winds of about 109 mph, equivalent to those of a strong Category 2 hurricane, according to the U.S. Navy’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center.

At least one person died, and 205 were injured by heavy wind and rain on the island as of Thursday night, according to Taiwan’s national fire agency. A 56-year-old woman in central Taiwan died after a tree fell and crashed into the truck she was in, the agency said.

More than 11,900 people were evacuated in 14 cities and counties on the island, according to Taiwan’s Interior Ministry.

While the island was under land and sea warnings Thursday evening, the Central Weather Administration said the storm had moved off the island around 6:40 p.m. local time.