Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-10-26
Typhoon Yutu has caused one death in the US Pacific territory of the Northern Mariana Islands and may affect Taiwan and the Philippines in the days ahead.
The Washington Post said the typhoon, which struck the island chain on Wednesday, reached 290km/h and was the fiercest storm to hit the US since 1935. The Northern Marianas may now be without electricity and water for months to come.
Here in Taiwan, the Central Weather Bureau said Friday that the storm had since weakened to a medium-strength typhoon but could gather strength again. The bureau’s Lee Meng-hsuan said the forecast for the storm’s eventual path would become clearer by the start of next week.
For now, it seems certain that the storm will bring a sharp drop in temperatures for Taiwan, with the thermometer dropping to 16 degrees Celsius over the weekend.
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