Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/07/06
By: Christie Chen
Taipei, July 6 (CNA) The Central Weather Bureau issued a sea warning for Typhoon Nepartak on
From Central Weather Bureau website
Wednesday, cautioning against increasing winds and rough waves in waters off eastern and southern Taiwan.
As of 2:30 p.m., Nepartak was centered 870 kilometers southeast of eastern Taiwan’s Hualien, moving at a speed of 32 kilometers per hour in a west-northwesterly direction, according to the bureau.
With a radius of 200 kilometers, the storm was carrying maximum sustained winds of 198 kph and gusts of up to 245 kph, the bureau’s data showed.
Ships operating in the Bashi Channel between Taiwan and the Philippines, and in waters off northeastern and southeastern Taiwan, should be on high alert, the bureau warned. [FULL STORY]
