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Typhoon Krathon Makes Landfall in Taiwan, Causing Fatalities and Widespread Destruction
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Typhoon Krathon made landfall in southern Taiwan on Thursday, resulting in at least two deaths and over 200 injuries. The storm had previously been hovering between Taiwan and the Philippines as a Category 4 equivalent. The storm made landfall in Kaohsiung, a major port city with a population of 2.7 million people, at 12:40 p.m. on Thursday. The storm's wind speed was reported to be over 160kmph, with record gusts exceeding 220kmph in the port city of Kaohsiung.
It's been a long time since such a big storm made a landfall here.
If it passes very slowly, and even stops at Kaohsiung and the Tainan areas, it could lengthen its damage on Kaohsiung.
Looking at surveillance cameras we can see there are a lot of people out riding scooters under such strong wind and rain, which is really very dangerous.
We are being hit by the eyewall now and will enter the eye soon.
Typhoon Krathon
sources
- 1.The New York Times
- 2.Al Jazeera
- 3.The Guardian
- 4.DW News
- 5.CNN
- 6.Central News Agency
- 7.Philippine News Agency
- 8.Reuters
- 9.Times
perspectives
countries
organizations
- 1.Joint Typhoon Warning Center
- 2.Central Emergency Command Center
- 3.Central Weather Agency
- 4.National Fire Agency
- 5.Taipower
- 6.Threads
persons
- 1.Chen Chi-Mai
- 2.John Liu
- 3.Yan Zhuang
- 4.Chou Yi-Tang
- 5.Isabella Kwai
- 6.Liao Shian-Rong
- 7.William Lai Ching-Te