Weather bureau issues sea warning for tropical storm

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/10/05
By: Chen Wei-ting and Lee Hsin-Yin

Taipei, Oct. 5 (CNA) The Central Weather Bureau (CWB) has issued a sea warning for a tropical storm 40524044located southeast of Taiwan on Wednesday, forecasting heavy rainfall in eastern Taiwan.

As of 5 p.m., the storm was centered 460 kilometers southeast off Eluanbi, the southernmost tip of Taiwan.

It was moving at a speed of 24 km per hour in a west-northwesterly direction and is expected to pass through the Bashi Channel Thursday.

With a radius of 120 kilometers, the storm has a maximum sustained wind of about 65 km per hour, with gusts of up to 90 kph, the bureau’s data showed.     [FULL  STORY]

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