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Taiwan Warns Ships, Expects Waves in South as Typhoon Nears

Taiwan Warns Ships, Expects Waves in South as Typhoon Nears

Friday, 10 September, 2021 - 05:30
In this Thursday, Sept, 9, 2021, satellite image released by NASA, Typhoon Chanthu, right, develops into a powerful typhoon moving towards Taiwan, top left. Chanthu continues gaining strength and is expected to make landfall in Taiwan over the weekend. (NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) via AP)

Taiwan issued a storm warning to ships at sea as Typhoon Chanthu churned toward the island Friday with wind gusts up to 234 kph (146 mph).


Chanthu was 580 kilometers (360 miles) southeast of Taiwan and northeast of the Philippines, the Central Weather Bureau said. A map on its website showed the storm on track to Taiwan or pass along its east coast on Saturday, reported The Associated Press.


The bureau said high waves were expected along Taiwan’s southern coast and in the Bashi Channel between its southern tip and the northernmost island in the Philippines.


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