CWB issues sea and land warnings to 12 counties, cities as Mitag expected to come closest to Taiwan Monday

Taiwan News
Date: 2019/09/30
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Central Weather Bureau (CWB) has expanded its sea and land warnings to 12 counties and cities in Taiwan as Tropical Storm Mitag has intensified into a typhoon and its center appears on a path to plow through the waters just off the coast of northeast Taiwan.

According to the latest update by the CWB at 11:30 p.m. on Sunday evening (Sept. 29), Mitag has intensified into a typhoon and was 500 kilometers south-southeast of Yilan county. Mitag had a radius of 180 kilometers, it was moving northwest at a speed of 21 kilometers per hour (kph), and was packing maximum sustained winds of 108 kph with gusts of up to 136 kph.

Based on the CWB's current forecast of Mitag's track, the typhoon may be affected by Taiwan's topography when its center passes through the waters off the coast of Yilan land and turns north. This could cause an infusion westerly winds, bringing an additional three to five hours of rainfall to northern Taiwan, which would be more than previously estimated.

The CWB has issued sea and land warnings to New Taipei City, Taipei City, Taoyuan City, Miaoli County, Taichung City, Keelung City, Yilan County, Hsinchu County, Hualien County, Nantou County, and Taitung County (including Green Island and Orchid Island). The CWB has issued torrential rain warnings for New Taipei City, Yilan County, and Taoyuan City.    [FULL  STORY]