PRECAUTION: The edge of Tropical Storm Lingling is not expected to reach Taiwan proper; its approach would bring rain nationwide today and tomorrow, the CWB said
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 04, 2019
By: Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
More than 2,000 tourists were yesterday evacuated from Green Island (綠島) and Orchid Island (Lanyu, 蘭嶼) ahead of the approach of Tropical Storm Lingling today.
Shipping operators dispatched additional services between Green Island, Lanyu and Taitung from 8am to noon to transport bringing travelers, returning 2,300 passengers to Taitung’s Fugang Port by noon.
Shipping services between Taitung and Green Island would be canceled today and tomorrow, while travel between Lanyu and Taiwan proper would be canceled today, the Coast Guard Administration said.
As of 2pm yesterday, Lingling’s center was 370km southeast of Oluanpi (鵝鑾鼻) and the storm was moving northeast at 12kph, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said. [FULL STORY]