Want China Times
Date: 2015-10-15
By: CNA

Two typhoons have developed over the Pacific, but so far only Typhoon

The predicted paths of typhoons Koppu and Champi on Oct. 15. (Photo courtesy of Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau)

Koppu is projected to clip Taiwan, depending on the angle at which it turns north, the country’s Central Weather Bureau said Wednesday.

Koppu is expected to bring rain to Taiwan but whether the typhoon itself will reach the island will only be clear on Oct. 18.

As of 2pm Wednesday, it was located 1,630 kilometers west-northwest of Cape Eluanbi, the southernmost point of Taiwan, moving at a speed of between 18 kph and 24 kph in a westerly direction. With a radius of 120 kilometers, Typhoon Koppu was carrying maximum sustained winds of 65 kph, with gusts of up to 90 kph, the bureau data showed.     [FULL  STORY]

AccuWeather
Date: October 13, 2015
By Kristina Pydynowski, Senior Meteorologist

Tropical Storm Koppu is on track to threaten the Philippines this weekend. Those in Taiwan and Japan should also monitor the storm for potential impacts next week.

While Koppu is currently battling wind shear, the potential exists for it to go through a period of rapid intensification while crossing the Philippine Sea, resulting in a very powerful typhoon approaching the Philippines this weekend.

Luzon Island, especially northern areas, would then be at risk for flooding rain, damaging to destructive winds and dangerously rough seas this weekend. The extent and duration of these impacts will depend on how close Koppu tracks to the Philippines and its speed at that time.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/10/09
By: Chen Wei-ting and Jay Chen

Taipei, Oct. 9 (CNA) Northern and northeastern Taiwan saw heavy rain Friday, the start of a three-day weekend, and the Central Weather Bureau said good weather would not set in until Sunday.

Because of a weather front moving in from the north, rain is in the forecast throughout the island for Friday and Saturday, the weather bureau said.

Rain will be rather persistent in northern and northeastern Taiwan throughout Friday while central and southern Taiwan could see brief, local showers, it said.

Come Saturday, rain is expected to taper off in the northern part of the country whereas rainfall is likely to increase in the south, the bureau said.     [FULL  STORY]

When floodwater from super typhoon Dujuan left a dam perilously close to overflowing, officials decided to pull the plug and this is what happened

Date: 29 Sep 2015
By: Keely Lockhart, video source Storyful Pro/Laputa Hsiao@TAIWAN 台灣

When a dam in the Taiwanese city of Taoyuan was threatening to spill over, officials staged an intervention, releasing a huge amount of water into the creek below.

The water level at the dam was around six feet from the maximum capacity and the video shows an estimated 30 million cubic metres of water being released in just under two minutes.

Water being released from the dam (Photo: Laputa Hsiao@TAIWAN 台灣)

The water release was triggered by a huge amount of floodwater which had entered the reservoir following super typhoon Dujuan, which hit Taiwan on Tuesday.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/09/29
By: Bear Lee

Taipei, Sept. 29 (CNA) The center of Typhoon Dujuan left Taiwan at 1:00 a.m Tuesday

From Central Weather Bureau website

from Fangyuan Township of the western Taiwan county of Changhua, the Central Weather Bureau said.

However, most parts of Taiwan will continue to experience rain and strong wind brought by Dujuan as the island is still under its influence, it said.

After a three-hour stay in Taiwan, Dujuan has weakened and its radius narrowed as a result of the geographical impact of the island.

The bureau said that as the typhoon is moving northwest and then west-northwest, it is expected to hit the offshore island of Penghu soon although it will continue to weaken.