by Steph Ball
Typhoon Sepat made landfall
across eastern Taiwan early on Saturday, lashing
the island with torrential rain and strong winds.
Although Sepat reached super typhoon status, making
it the strongest storm of this year's Pacific
Typhoon Season, it weakened before making landfall
on Taiwan. Sepat is the third major storm to hit
Taiwan in a fortnight, battering the island with
winds over 100mph and cutting power supplies to
thousands of homes, uprooting trees and disrupting
air and road travel.
Typhoon Sepat has now moved into the Taiwan Strait
and is continuing to weaken as it roars towards
China, where it is expected to make landfall this
evening. More than half a million people have
been evacuated from low-lying areas along China's
southeast coast.
Meanwhile as Sepat weakens, Hurricane Dean has
intensified to a Category 4 hurricane in the Caribbean
and is heading straight for Jamaica. It is forecast
to cross Jamaica during Sunday and could intensify
further to a Category 5 over the next few days
with winds exceeding 155mph (250km/h). Its present
track has it coming onto the US mainland around
Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula later on Wednesday.
From BBC |
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