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More than 40 people were injured in Taiwan after Typhoon Haikui ripped across the island, uprooting trees and forcing thousands to...
Haikui is the first big storm to directly hit the island in four years, lashing the south-east.
Thousands of people were evacuated in Taiwan ahead of Typhoon Haikui, with hundreds of flights canceled and businesses closed as authorities prepared Sunday for the first tropical storm to directly hit the island in four years. Haikui -- which had already brought heavy rains by Sunday morning -- is expected to make landfall by 5:00 pm (0900 GMT) in Taitung, a mountainous county in less-populated eastern Taiwan, said AFP. The storm was around 180 kilometers (110 miles) east of Taiwan just before 9:00 am, Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau said in a press conference.
Yilan, Taiwan (AFP) Sept 3, 2023 - Thousands of people were evacuated in Taiwan ahead of Typhoon Haikui, with hundreds of flights cancelled and businesses closed as authorities prepared Sunday for the first tropical storm to directly hit the island in four years.