The China Post
Date: September 14, 2016
By Sun Hsin Hsuan

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Residents are bracing for a stormy Mid-Autumn Festival as Strong Typhoon Meranti

heads toward Taiwan.

With a radius of 200 kilometers, Meranti had sustained winds of 208.8 kph with gusts of up to 262.8 kph, as of 8 p.m. on Tuesday.

It is moving in a west-northwest direction at 21 kph.

The Central Weather Bureau issued a sea warning for the Bashi Channel and waters off the east coast on Monday evening.

A land warning was issued on Tuesday 8:30 a.m. for Taitung County, (including Orchid Island and Green Island,) Hengchun Peninsula, Pingtung County, Hualien County, Kaohsiung City, Tainan City, Nantou County, and Chiayi County.

People in these areas are advised to prepare for torrential rainfall, which can produce flash floods and mudslides. But the entire island will feel the storm’s wrath, forecasters said.     [FULL  STORY]