Taiwan News
Date: 2016-07-03
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

The first typhoon of the year was developed on Sunday morning from a low pressure system to the south of Guam, and it is likely to come closest to Taiwan on Thursday, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) has forecast.

But the bureau said it’s too early to predict whether it will directly hit the island as many variables might affect its track and wind speed.

According to the CWB, Typhoon Nepartak is currently located some 3,000 kilometers away from Taiwan’s southernmost tip Eluanpi.

The typhoon, which is moving slowly towards the east of Bashi Channel and the coastal areas off Taiwan’s southeast, has a tendency of increasing in strength, the CWB said.    [FULL  STORY]