Taipei Times
Date: Aug 08, 2019
By: Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
Source: Central Weather Bureau
As of 8:30pm, Lekima’s center was 670km southeast of Taipei. It was moving northwest at 14kph, with a maximum wind speed of 155kph and a radius of 220km.
Lekima is expected to become somewhat stronger as it approaches, with its radius forecast to expand to 250km, bureau forecaster Hsieh Ming-chan (謝明昌) said.
Lekima is surrounded by low-pressure systems, with a depression to the west and Tropical Depression Krosa to the east, he said, adding that the typhoon would be saturated with humidity by the time it approaches Taiwan. [FULL STORY]
