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Date: 2018/07/10
By: International Community Radio Taipei (ICRT)
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Both land and sea warnings are now in effect for Super Typhoon Maria as the storm continues to move towards northern Taiwan.
The Category 5 storm is currently located 520km east of Yilan and is moving in a west-northwesterly direction at 28km/h. Maria has a radius of 280km and is packing maximum sustained winds of 191km/h, with gusts of up to 234km/h.
The land warning covers Taipei, New Taipei, Keelung, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Miaoli, Taichung, Nantou, Yilan, and Hualien.
The storm is expected to bring strong winds and heavy rain to the Taipei, New Taipei, Keelung and Yilan areas from later today through tomorrow. Reports say Maria could bring between 40cm and 55cm of rain to the greater Taipei area over that period. Heavy to extremely heavy rainfall is also forecast for mountainous areas in central Taiwan. [FULL STORY]