Typhoon Megi to Make Landfall Tuesday

The fourth tropical storm to affect Taiwan this year is due to make landfall tomorrow somewhere between Taidong and Hualien, and is expected to bring heavy rainfall over the whole island. Typhoon Megi is the 17th named tropical storm to form in the northwest Pacific this year. Current minimum surface pressure is 955 HPA with sustained winds of 40m/s and maximum wind gusts of 50m/s. The storm is moving north-northwest at 22 kph. Megi was yesterday classed as a category