DELAYS:Taoyuan Airport said that 12,800 passengers were affected by delays due to the typhoon, which only accounts for about 11.9% of the total daily airport traffic
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 18, 2016
By: Staff Writer, with CNA
Taiwan proper and the nation’s outlying islands are expected to be out of the storm circle of Typhoon
A beach in Kinmen County is polluted by an oil spill yesterday from a Chinese cargo ship that was stranded on the beach when Typhoon Meranti hit the region. Photo: Wu Cheng-ting, Taipei Times
Malakas by 4am and 11am respectively today, the Central Weather Bureau said yesterday.
Land and sea warnings for Malakas are expected to be lifted this morning, the bureau said.
At 8pm yesterday, Malakas was centered about 150km east-northeast of Taipei, moving at 5kph north-northeast, data from the bureau showed.
It was packing maximum sustained winds of 162kph, with gusts reaching 198kph, the bureau said.
There had been no reports of injury as of press time last night.
A total of 2,788 people in New Taipei City, Taoyuan and Yilan and Hualien counties were evacuated as a precautionary measure, the Central Emergency Operation Center said.
The bureau maintained torrential rain alerts for mountain areas in New Taipei City, Taoyuan and Hsinchu and Miaoli counties. [FULL STORY]
