Schools and offices have closed while weather bureau says storm has gathered strength and urges people to be ‘on guard’
Nearly 3,000 people have been evacuated from high-risk areas in eastern Taiwan ahead of Typhoon Haikui as authorities prepare for the first tropical storm to directly hit the island in four years.
Haikui – which had already brought heavy rains by Sunday morning – is packing a sustained wind speed of about 140km/h (39mph) and is expected to make landfall in Taiwan’s eastern Taitung area by 5pm (0900 GMT).
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