Typhoon Doksuri brought strong winds and rain to Taiwan’s eastern and southern coasts on Thursday, forcing the closure of schools and businesses in two of the country’s biggest cities.
According to Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau, Doksuri deteriorated even more on Thursday, with sustained winds of 155 kph (96 mph) and gusts as high as 190 kph (118 mph). Although the typhoon’s center won’t make landfall on Taiwan’s mainland, its periphery will nevertheless bring heavier gusts and rain on Thursday afternoon.
Typhoon Doksuri
Offices and schools will be closed on Thursday, according to announcements made in the southern cities of Tainan and Kaohsiung, both of which are ports. In the east, the counties of Taitung and Hualien have likewise closed their offices and schools.
The district’s 300 residents who lived in a mountainous area were also evacuated by Kaohsiung, according to the unofficial Central News Agency.
- Doksuri causes Taiwanese city closures due to strong winds, and rain.
- Tainan, Kaohsiung, Taitung, and Hualien offices, and schools closed.
- Typhoon causes six deaths, floods, and landslides in the northern Philippines.
Tens of thousands of homes in Kaohsiung and Tainan were temporarily without power as a result of the storm, but the majority of them, according to the Taiwan Power Company, had their power restored as of 11 a.m. on Thursday.
On Thursday during the day, the storm will pass through the Taiwan Strait before making landfall on Friday in China’s Fujian province.
At least six people were killed and others were forced to flee their homes as the typhoon tore off roofs, flooded low-lying villages, and set off dozens of landslides as it tore into the northern Philippine regions on Wednesday.
