Lodash - '_' refers to a UMD global and lodash.js is not a module errors

I use import * as _ from 'lodash'; in my working file after installing lodash.

I added following code in my global typing definition file (~\src\typings.d.ts) to fix the problem. I'm using Angular CLI 1.7

// lodash global typing - begin
declare namespace _ {
}
// lodash global typing - end

I added in my ~\src\typings.d.ts :

declare const _;

It works for me. See also