Land warning issued Monday night by CWB, means storm is 18 hours away from Taiwan
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/07/10
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Image from Himawari-8 satellite. (Japan Meteorological Agency)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Central Weather Bureau (CWB) issued a land warning for Super Typhoon Maria at 11:30 p.m. on Monday evening (July 9) as the periphery of the storm draws within 18 hours of making landfall in the country.
As of 11 p.m. last night, Super Typhoon Maria was located 810 kilometers east of Yilan and moving in a northwesterly direction at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour.
Air pressure at the center of the storm is 920 kilopascals (kPa) with maximum sustained winds of 191 kilometers per hour and gusts of 234 kilometers per hour.
At 23:00 tonight (July 10), the eye of the storm is expected to be about 100 kilometers northeast of Keelung. [FULL STORY]