Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/09/26
By: Wang Shu-fen and Y.F. Low
Taipei, Sept. 26 (CNA) Rain is expected across all areas of Taiwan on
The circle on the right indicates the expected position of Typhoon Megi at 8 a.m. Tuesday.
Monday as Typhoon Megi takes aim at the island, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said.
In parts of northern Taiwan and the northeastern county of Yilan, intermittent rain had already started in the morning and heavier rainfall can be expected in the afternoon, the bureau said.
Rain will also begin in the eastern counties of Hualien and Taitung as well as in mountainous areas of central and southern Taiwan later in the day, according to the CWB.
As of 8 a.m. Monday, Megi was centered 670 kilometers east-southeast of Hualien, moving at 21 kilometers per hour in a west-northwesterly direction toward Taiwan, the bureau’s data showed. [FULL STORY]