Taiwan Cancels Flights, Shuts Schools Ahead Of Typhoon
Muhammad Irfan Published October 04, 2023 | 08:49 PM
Taiwan cancelled flights and closed schools in parts of its southern region on Wednesday ahead of the expected landfall of Typhoon Koinu, the second major storm in a month to hit the island directly
Taitung, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 4th Oct, 2023) Taiwan cancelled flights and closed schools in parts of its southern region on Wednesday ahead of the expected landfall of Typhoon Koinu, the second major storm in a month to hit the island directly.
Taiwan experiences frequent tropical storms from May to November but last month's Typhoon Haikui was the first to slam into it in four years -- forcing nearly 8,000 people to evacuate from their homes.
Experts say climate change has made the paths of tropical storms harder to forecast while increasing their intensity, which leads to more rains and flash floods.
Ahead of Thursday's storm, more than 100 international and domestic flights were cancelled, and ferry services to Taiwan's outlying islands were halted.
About 200 people were evacuated for fear of landslides in the south of the island, while waves lashing the coast could reach up to seven metres (22 feet) high, authorities said.
Fishing boats were crammed into a harbour in Pingtung county on Wednesday to shelter ahead of the typhoon, and primary schools in the agricultural region of Taitung allowed children to go home early.
"It's barely a month, and we have another typhoon," 65-year-old Yang Pi-cheng lamented to AFP, as she waited to pick up her grandchildren from Dawang Primary school.
Huang Chen-ying, chief of Dawang village, said she had warned residents living in a hillside area to evacuate ahead of the typhoon.
"If they can leave right now for relatives living elsewhere, we are encouraging them to go," she told AFP.
A major highway along the coast has also been closed.
Koinu -- which has been charting a jagged course for Taiwan's southern tip -- was about 200 kilometres (125 miles) east of the island at about 0900 GMT, moving towards it at 10 kilometres per hour.
The typhoon has already brought heavy rains to the mountainous northeast regions of Yilan and New Taipei City.
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