Taiwan prepares for onslaught of Typhoon Krathon as storm-force winds reach southern coast

Content of Article: Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration issued a land alert for Typhoon Krathon at 2:30 am Monday morning, as the storm approached the southern tip of the island, threatening communities in southern and eastern coastal and mountain areas. Central Weather Administration Report The CWA said that at 11:00 am, Monday, Krathon was located 210 kilometers south-southeast of Taiwan’s southernmost point, Point Eluanbi, moving northwest at around 9 kilometers per hour, and expected to slow to 5 kilometers per hour.

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Typhoon Krathon forecast to make landfall in southern Taiwan

Tropical Storm Krathon strengthened into a typhoon Sunday, and is on a heading to make landfall at the southern tip of Taiwan, according to Central Weather Administration forecasters. The CWA upgraded the storm to a typhoon Sunday morning, a few hours after issuing a maritime warning for waters south and southeast of Taiwan. At 2:30 pm, Sunday, Krathon was located 430 kilometers southeast of Taiwan’s southernmost tip, Point Eluanbi. Krathon was moving west-northwest at 9 kilometers per hour. The storm

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Tropical Storm Krathon expected to strengthen into a typhoon before reaching Taiwan Monday

A tropical depression east of the Philippines intensified into a tropical storm this morning, September 28, and is expected to reach typhoon status, and affect Taiwan’s weather from Monday through Thursday. According to Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration (CWA), the tropical depression TD22 intensified into this year’s 18th named tropical storm, Krathon, at 8:00 am this morning. Krathon was located at 18.5 north, 125.4 east, moving south-southwest at 11 kilometers per hour. Krathon has a central air pressure of 998 hPa,

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Weather system near Taiwan expected to intensify into tropical storm or typhoon

A low pressure system hovering just east of Taiwan is expected to intensify into a tropical depression tomorrow, before intensifying into a tropical storm over the weekend, and bringing heavy rain as it nears Taiwan early next week. Chang Cheng-chuan, forecaster for Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration said that the low pressure system 97W located 500 kilometers east of Taiwan will form Tropical Depression TD22 as soon as tomorrow. The system is expected to continue to intensify into a tropical storm

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High-speed chase ends in horror freeway crash leaving 3 dead, 1 injured

A horror crash that left three people dead, and one seriously injured, September 23, was the result of a high-speed chase following a dispute over unpaid debts, a police investigation has found. Police and firefighters received reports of a two-vehicle accident at the 237-kilometer south mark on National Highway 1 in Huwei Township, Yunlin County, at around 10:25 pm, Monday night. Emergency responders found the wrecks of two badly smashed cars, suspected to have collided at high speed before smashing

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Man survives being choked by 105 kg barbell in horror accident at Taiwanese gym

A man was rescued by fellow gym members, and survived without serious injury, after being trapped with a barbell on his neck at a gym in Taoyuan City earlier this month. According to Apple Daily, a video of the incident went viral on Japanese social media sites in the last few days, and some writers mistakenly reported that the man had died. Holger Chen, owner of G.K. Fitness Centers confirmed that the incident occurred in the Zhongli branch of his

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Bus driver charged with negligent homicide after hitting two students on pedestrian crossing, leaving one dead

A bus driver has been charged with negligent homicide after two students were hit by a bus while crossing the road on a zebra crossing in Taichung City last night, leaving one dead and one injured. According to reports, two female students from Tunghai University were crossing the road at the intersection of Lichuan East Street and Zhongshan Road when they were hit by a bus turning left at around 9:10 pm. A 20-year-old third-year student, named Lin, was caught

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Tropical Depression approaching Taiwan: significant rainfall expected over weekend

A tropical disturbance intensified to a tropical depression this afternoon, and is expected to bring significant rain as it passes the northern tip of Taiwan Saturday and Sunday. Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration (CWA) upgraded TD19 to tropical depression status at 2:00 pm today, Friday, September 20. TD19 was located 650 kilometers southeast of Point Eluanbi and moving northwest at a speed of 42 kilometers per hour. TD19 has a central air pressure of 1,002 hPa with sustained winds at the

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Toxic pesticide found in blood samples after 3 die, 12 sickened in aboriginal village

Toxicologists identified highly toxic pesticide in blood samples of eight victims of a food poisoning case that resulted in three deaths and another eight people hospitalized in Taitung County, Wednesday. According to reports, 12 people in Binmao Village, Jinfeng Township, were sickened after consuming traditional millet dumplings Wednesday night. According to the investigation so far, the poisoning case began after an 83-year-old woman, named Tseng, prepared the dumplings, which included snails collected from a nearby rice paddy. Tseng became sick

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Highway police take delivery of new BMW 520i “red zebra” patrol cars

Taiwan’s National Highway Police Bureau took delivery of 34 new BMW 520i patrol cars recently, and the vehicles were put into service after a ceremony yesterday, September 18. NHPB said the new cars are replacements for vehicles that have been in service for more than seven years, and were purchased for NT$2 million each, with a total budget of NT$68 million. The bureau said that the BMW 520i patrol cars have the same excellent performance as they do in the

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Taiwanese company denies explosive pagers made in Taiwan

The CEO of an electronics company at the center of allegations that its pagers were used in an attack that injured thousands of people and killed 11 in Lebanon, Tuesday, September 17, has denied manufacturing the devices, and said that they were not made in Taiwan. Hsu Chingkuang, Chairman of Gold Apollo, said that the pagers were merely branded Apollo Gold under contract, and that they were manufactured by a European company. Hsu said that the pagers were not manufactured,

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