Typhoon outskirts forecast to affect Taiwan over weekend

Focus Taiwan
Date: 05/14/2020
By: Flor Wang

Taipei, May 14 (CNA) The outskirts of Typhoon Vongfong are expected to affect Taiwan over the weekend, with showers or thundershowers likely in some parts of the country, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) forecast Thursday.

As of 8:00 a.m., Vongfong, the first named storm of this year in the Pacific, was located 1,240 kilometers southeast of Taiwan, moving at 12 kilometers per hour in a westerly direction toward the Philippines before veering off in a west northwesterly direction, the CWB said.

On Saturday and Sunday, some areas in southern and eastern Taiwan are likely to receive brief showers or thundershowers, it said.

The typhoon is forecast to come closest to Taiwan on Sunday, when its outskirts will bring precipitation to the east and south, particularly in Taitung County and the Hengchun Peninsula.
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