STORM CHASER:An aircraft will climb to an altitude of about 13km and conduct observations to better predict the typhoon’s path, the Central Weather Bureau said
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 26, 2016
By: Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
The Central Weather Bureau was scheduled to issue a sea alert for Typhoon Megi as of press time last 
By 8pm yesterday, the center of the typhoon was 920km east-southeast of Taiwan proper, moving west-northwest at 16kph, packing winds up to 137kph.
The radius of the storm was 200km, the bureau said.
The sea alert was scheduled to issued at 11:30pm last night. Because of the approaching typhoon, the Maritime and Port Bureau said that several shipping route services would be canceled today, tomorrow and Wednesday.
A majority of the canceled shipping services are in eastern and southern Taiwan, including those between Taitung’s Fugang Fishing Port and Green Island (綠島); between Houbi Lake (後壁湖) in Pingtung County’s Hengchun Peninsula (恆春半島) and Orchid Island (Lanyu, 蘭嶼); and between Donggang (東港) in Pintung County and Siaoliouciou Island (小琉球). [FULL STORY]