Typhoon Chanthu drenches Taiwan with up to 5 inches of rain
The Hindu
Chanthu is forecast to head north and dump rain on Shanghai before turning east toward South Korea and Japan, the Weather Bureau said
Typhoon Chanthu drenched Taiwan on September 12 as the storm’s center passed the island’s east coast, no injuries were reported. Airline flights and train service were suspended on September 11 as the storm approached. The Central News Agency reported more than 2,000 people were evacuated from flood-prone areas of the east coast county of Hualien. At midmorning on September 12, Chanthu’s center was off Taiwan’s northeast coast, with winds of 162 kph (101 mph) and gusts up to 198 kph (124 mph), according to the Central Weather Bureau.
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