Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/09/11
By: Wang Shu-feng and Evelyn Kao

Image taken from Central Weather Bureau website

Taipei, Sept. 11 (CNA) Typhoon Mangkhut was upgraded to a super typhoon Tuesday and will be closest to Taiwan this coming weekend when it could pose a potential threat to eastern areas and the Hengchun Peninsula in the south, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) forecast.

As of 8 a.m. Tuesday, Mangkhut was located 2,340 kilometers east-southeast of Eluanbi on Taiwan’s southernmost tip, traveling at a speed of 22 kilometers per hour in a westerly direction, the CWB said.

The typhoon was carrying maximum sustained winds of 184 kilometers per hour with gusts of up to 227 kph, according to the bureau.

Mangkhut is likely to pass through the Bashi Channel just south of Taiwan Saturday and Sunday, bringing rainfall to eastern areas.    [FULL  STORY]