Overview
- Authorities moved more than 3,300 people from vulnerable areas and closed schools and offices in Hualien and Yilan as a land warning extended across the south and southwest, including Kaohsiung, Pingtung, Tainan and Taitung.
- Taiwan’s weather agency forecasts landfall near Kaohsiung on Wednesday afternoon or evening, with the storm expected to cross the island and exit the northeast by late Wednesday or early Thursday.
- The transport ministry reported 66 mostly domestic flight cancellations on Tuesday, and strong winds and rain were already affecting parts of the island including Taipei.
- Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai cautioned residents not to relax their guard despite the system weakening, with Tuesday morning winds near 108 kph and gusts up to 137 kph.
- The system struck the Philippines as a super typhoon with sustained winds around 185 kph, leaving at least 18 people dead and displacing more than a million, while Chinese provinces activated emergency responses.