Focus Taiwan
Date:2016/08/17
By: S.F. Wang and Flor Wang
Taipei, Aug. 17 (CNA) Three tropical depressions have formed in the Pacific but none of
(From the Central Weather Bureau website)
them are expected to affect Taiwan, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said Wednesday.
According to the CWB, two of the depressions are located off the coast of China’s Guangdong Province and will converge into one system as they move toward Guangdong.
The other low pressure system is currently located west northwest of Wake Island and is moving at 20 kilometers per hour in a northwest direction, the bureau said.
As that system is still some 4,000 km away from Taiwan, it is not likely to affect Taiwan soon, the CWB said, adding that it was too early to forecast whether that depression would develop into a tropical storm. [FULL STORY]
