The China Post
Date: September 24, 2016
By: Sun Hsin Hsuan
Minor Typhoon Megi is expected to hit Taiwan next Tuesday, Sept. 27, by which time it may have
Projected route of Typhoon Megi. (CWB)
strengthened to a moderate typhoon, according to the Central Weather Bureau.
Currently located approximately 2,000 kilometers east to Cape Eluanbi in Hengchun Township, Taiwan’s southernmost tip, Megi is moving in a west-northwesterly direction at 21 kilometers per hour (kph).
With a radius of 100 kilometers, the minor typhoon is sustaining winds of 64.8 kph with gusts of up to 90 kph, as of 2 p.m. on Friday.
The weather bureau announced late Friday that it was set to issue a sea warning on Monday and possibly earlier if Typhoon Megi continued to strengthen.
Weather forecaster Peng Chi-ming (彭啟明) said Typhoon Megi was a “fat” typhoon and that therefore, the bureau could not rule out the possibility of it strengthening into a moderate typhoon. [FULL STORY]