Taiwan News
Date 2016-07-07
By: Chen Wei-ting, Wang Shu-fen and Lilian Wu, Central News Agency
Taipei, July 7 (CNA) The Central Weather Bureau (CWB) issued a torrential rain
(Image courtesy of CWB website cwb.gov.tw)
warning Thursday as Typhoon Nepartak moved closer to Taiwan.
The CWB said that as of 8 a.m., the first typhoon of the year had moved to 410 kilometers southeast of Hualien in eastern Taiwan, moving at a speed of 22-16 kph in a west-northwesterly direction.
With a radius of 200 km, the storm was carrying maximum sustained winds of 198 kph, with gusts of up to 245 kph, it said. [FULL STORY]