SAFETY4SEA |
Published October 30, 2024
Super Typhoon Kong-rey is expected to make landfall along Taiwan’s eastern coast on 31 October, bringing severe winds and heavy rain across the island.
According to Reuters, the typhoon, packing gusts close to 300 kph (186 mph), has intensified into a super typhoon and could grow even stronger before striking Taitung County, reports the U.S. Navy’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration (CWA), which labeled Kong-rey a “strong typhoon”—the island’s highest storm category—expects it to sweep across southern Taiwan, cross the Taiwan Strait, and then head toward China.
Reuters reports that the CWA anticipates up to 1.2 meters (3.9 feet) of rainfall in Taiwan’s mountainous eastern regions, with destructive winds hitting coastal areas on Thursday. President Lai Ching-te has advised residents to avoid mountainous and coastal areas, cautioning that Kong-rey’s strength, unusual for this late in the season, may result in severe damage. Taiwan’s Defense Ministry has also mobilized 36,000 troops in preparation, Reuters notes.
Heavy rains are also forecasted in northern regions, including the capital, Taipei, through Thursday, Reuters reports.
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SOURCE: www.safetyforsea.com
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CNN |
Published October 30, 2024
Authorities in Taiwan are warning residents along its eastern coast to brace for the impacts Super Typhoon Kong-rey, which has rapidly intensified as it barrels towards the island after bashing the Philippines.
Kong-rey, moving northwest over the Philippine Sea, reached super-typhoon strength on Wednesday, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC). With winds of 240 kilometers per hour (150 miles per hour), it is the equivalent of a Category 4 Atlantic hurricane.
The powerful typhoon is forecast to make landfall early Thursday (Wednesday evening ET) in Taitung, a sparsely populated county on Taiwan’s mountainous southeastern coast.
“As the typhoon continues to move towards the northwest, almost the whole of Taiwan will be covered by the storm circle later tonight,” meteorologist Chu Mei-lin, with the island’s weather agency, said in a press conference on Wednesday morning.
The Central Weather Administration (CWA) issued a sea warning Tuesday as the storm drew closer. As of noon on Wednesday, the agency had issued land warnings for more than half of the island’s counties, which were expected to be hit by the storm’s outer bands.
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SOURCE: www.cnn.com
