Taiwan News
Date: 2016-09-27
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – As Typhoon Megi lashed most of Taiwan with strong winds and heavy rain
Typhoon Megi disrupts traffic between Xindian and Wulai in New Taipei City Tuesday.
Tuesday, speculation was mounting as too how late the storm would leave Wednesday.
The eye of the typhoon made landfall near Hualien City at 2 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, and made its way across the island at a speed of 16 kilometers per hour. By 4 p.m., it had moved 50 km west of Hualien.
All of Taiwan’s main island saw offices and schools close Tuesday, with some local governments in parts of the south only ordering closures during the afternoon.
The island of Kinmen close to the coast of China’s Fujian Province said its schools and offices would be closed on Wednesday as the storm was expected to cross the Taiwan Straits during the morning.
Sustained winds reached 155 kph, with gusts of up to 191 kph. [FULL STORY]
