Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/07/06
By: Elizabeth Hsu
Taipei, July 6 (CNA) The Central Weather Bureau (CWB) issued a land warning for Super Typhoon
From the Central Weather Bureau website
Nepartak late Wednesday evening.
People in the Hualien and Taitung areas, including the outlying Orchid Island, were warned to stay alert and to take precautions against strong wind and torrential rain.
As of 8:30 p.m., Nepartak was centered 700 kilometers southeast of eastern Taiwan’s Hualien, moving at a speed of 28-20 kph in a west-northwesterly direction, according to the CWB.
With a radius of 200 km, the storm was carrying maximum sustained winds of 209 kph, with gusts of up to 263 kph, bureau data shows.
Nepartak is expected to make landfall in Taiwan late Thursday, and its effects are expected to be most strongly felt on Thursday and Friday, the bureau said. [FULL STORY]