The storm prompted closures and raised the risk of landslides as it approached the island. It was expected to hit as the ...

A fisherman secures a boat as Typhoon Kong-rey approaches Taiwan's Yilan County on Wednesday - Copyright AFP I-Hwa CHENG A ...

Light rain is expected during the day. The high will be 73°. Moderate air quality (51-100) Primary pollutant O₃ 75 μg/m³ Pressure is the weight of the air in the atmosphere. It is normalized to the ...

Residents of Taiwan's northeastern Yilan County are cleaning up after Typhoon Kong-rey struck on Thursday. Heavy winds and rain uprooted trees and blew billboards away, leaving a path of destruction ...

per hour as it neared Taiwan, the US Joint Typhoon Warning Center said in its latest update. Fishers wearing raincoats tied down their boats in the harbour of Yilan county, southeast of Taipei ...

Rainfall is to increase from Wednesday morning, especially in northern Taiwan and Yilan County, he said. A sea warning is possible from tomorrow afternoon, while a land warning may be issued on ...

Yilan and the eastern county of Hualien were expected to be hardest ... homes as Kong-rey passed the northern island of Luzon. Taiwan President Lai Ching-te urged people to stay alert and avoid ...

The last time a typhoon of comparable strength with an RMW larger than 300km made landfall in Taiwan was Typhoon Herb in 1996, he said. Herb made landfall between Keelung and Suao (蘇澳) in Yilan County ...

Five-metre waves pounded Taiwan's shores Wednesday as Super Typhoon ... against the rain tethered their boats in the harbour in Yilan county, southeast of the capital. "Of course I'm worried.