This is the dramatic moment nurses were blown over during Typhoon Danas in Taiwan.

Footage shows the women battling to stay on their feet as powerful winds blew through Chiayi County on July 6 evening.

The pair walked across the road to leave the hospital after their shift, but were knocked down by the violent gusts that caused them to slip on the wet pavement.

Typhoon Danas made landfall in Taiwan late Sunday evening, killing two and injuring more than 500 as it pounded the island's western coast.

One person was crushed by a falling tree while driving, and another died after a power cut caused his respirator to malfunction.

Authorities said the Danas knocked down power to almost 700,000 homes and disrupted more than 300 domestic and international flights.

Danas was reportedly the first typhoon to touch down in Taiwan's Chiayi County, in a rare and devastating hit.

It has greatly weakened after making landfall, and was expected to hit China's Zhejiang province late on Tuesday, July 8.