PROJECTED PATH:The first typhoon of the year is forecast to make landfall between Hualien and Taitung, before crossing central Taiwan and leaving via the Taiwan Strait

Taipei Times
Date: Jul 07, 2016
By: Shelley Shan / Staff reporter

The Central Weather Bureau yesterday issued sea and land alerts for Typhoon Nepartak, adding that the storm is likely to make landfall on the east coast and severely affect the nation’s weather today and tomorrow.

By 8:30pm yesterday, the eye of the typhoon was 700km southeast of Hualien. The typhoon was moving northwest at 20kph, with the radius of the storm expanding to 200km. The maximum wind speed near the typhoon’s eye was 209kph.

The sea alert, which was issued at 2:30pm, applies to vessels operating near Orchid Island (蘭嶼, also known as Lanyu), Green Island (綠島), the northeast and southeast coasts of Taiwan proper, as well as the Bashi Channel.

Based on the bureau’s projected path, the typhoon is forecast to make landfall between Hualien and Taitung. It would then move across central Taiwan and the west coast before leaving via the Taiwan Strait.     [FULL  STORY]