Taiwan struck by Typhoon Megi, third typhoon in two weeks

Taiwan faced its third typhoon in the form Typhoon Megi in two weeks. Thousands have been evacuated, schools and offices are closed across the island and a total of 575 international and domestic flights were cancelled as of Tuesday morning with 109 delayed. Most trains were also halted.
This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 27 September 2016.

More than 5,000 people have been evacuated from their homes and a total of nearly 2,000 are housed in shelters, as revealed by the Central Emergency Operation Center. In addition, about 36,000 households have lost power due to the typhoon so far.
Before the typhoon struck, more than 3,700 tourists had already been evacuated at the weekend from Orchid Island and Green Island - both are popular with visitors. Moreover, Hualien and Taitung, which are also popular tourist destinations because of their coastlines and landscapes, are expected to also be in the firing line.
Incidentally, these areas are still trying to recover from damage brought by Super Typhoon Meranti earlier this month - that was the strongest storm for 21 years to hit Taiwan.


Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org


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