TAIPEI TIMES
Swelling typhoon set to make landfall
(cat 4 hurricane equivalent. path cone doesn't touch mainland china. rare R.O.C. landfall for a typhoon. Chi-nah weather warfare?)
Mon, Sep 30, 2024 page1
Swelling typhoon set to make landfall
TYPHOON: The storm’s path indicates a high possibility of Krathon making landfall in Pingtung County, depending on when the storm turns north, the CWA said
Staff Writer, with CNA
Typhoon Krathon is strengthening and is more likely to make landfall in Taiwan, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said in a forecast released yesterday afternoon.
As of 2pm yesterday, the CWA’s updated sea warning for Krathon showed that the storm was about 430km southeast of Oluanpi (鵝鑾鼻), Taiwan’s southernmost point.
It was moving in west-northwest at 9kph, with maximum sustained winds of 119kph
Mon, Sep 30, 2024 page1
Swelling typhoon set to make landfall
TYPHOON: The storm’s path indicates a high possibility of Krathon making landfall in Pingtung County, depending on when the storm turns north, the CWA said
Staff Writer, with CNA
Typhoon Krathon is strengthening and is more likely to make landfall in Taiwan, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said in a forecast released yesterday afternoon.
As of 2pm yesterday, the CWA’s updated sea warning for Krathon showed that the storm was about 430km southeast of Oluanpi (鵝鑾鼻), Taiwan’s southernmost point.
It was moving in west-northwest at 9kph, with maximum sustained winds of 119kph and gusts of up to 155kph, CWA data showed.
Typhoon Krathon near Taiwan yesterday is depicted in a weather graphic.
Krathon is expected to move further west before turning north tomorrow, CWA forecaster Wu Wan-hua (伍婉華) said.
The CWA’s latest forecast and other countries’ projections of the storm’s path indicate a higher possibility of Krathon making landfall in Pingtung County, depending on when the storm turns north, Wu said.
Southern Taiwan would be more heavily affected by the storm if the northward turn takes place later than forecast, she said.
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2024/09/30/2003824560
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