Flights cancelled as typhoon Koinu grinds towards Taiwan
Wednesday, 4 October 2023 Typhoon Koinu grinded towards southern Taiwan on Wednesday bringing heavy rain and winds and causing the cancellation of 70 domestic flights. Koinu is expected to make landfall on Taiwan's southeastern coast near the city of Taitung on Thursday morning as a category three typhoon, but then weaken as it crosses the island's southern tip and enters the Taiwan Strait, according to Tropical Storm Risk.
A category four cyclone has produced one of the strongest wind gusts ever recorded worldwide, and injured almost 200 people as it crossed the southern tip of Taiwan early on Thursday. Typhoon Koinu brought wind gusts of up to 95.2 metres per second, or 342.7km/h (212.9mph) when it crossed Taiwanβs...
Typhoon Koinu caused no deaths but injured 190 people in southern Taiwan as it brought strong winds and rainstorms to the island. The typhoon made landfall in... IndiaTimes
Wednesday, 4 October 2023
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