Mild Typhoon Talim, which is continuing to strengthen and forecast to become a moderate typhoon soon, is projected to make landfall in Taiwan in the afternoon of Wednesday (Sep. 13)

Taiwan News
Date: 2017/09/11 21:19
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News)—Mild Typhoon Talim (泰利), which is continuing to strengthen

and forecast to become a moderate typhoon soon, is projected to make landfall in Taiwan in the afternoon of Wednesday (Sep. 13) and affect all of Taiwan on Thursday, according to the latest update released by Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau (CWB) on Monday afternoon.

CWB Forecaster Li Meng-syuan (李孟軒) said Typhoon Talim is currently centered some 1,510 kilometers east-southeast of Taiwan’s southernmost tip, Eluanbi, moving at a speed of 29 km per hour in a west-northwesterly direction. It’s packing maximum sustained wind of 108 kph and may be upgraded to a moderate typhoon on Monday night.

If the typhoon continues to travel according to the current speed and direction, it is expected to make landfall in Taiwan on Wednesday afternoon and bring rains all over Taiwan, Li said.    [FULL  STORY]