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Typhoon Bilis To Strike South, East Taiwan Wed Morning
SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Typhoon Bilis, currently about 330 kilometers off of Taiwan's southeast, is forecast to strike the island Wednesday morning, according to Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau.
Winds near the center of the typhoon are 53 meters a second, or about 120 miles an hour, with gusts up to 65 meters a second, or 145 mph, according to the Central Weather Bureau. At 300 kilometers from the center, winds are 15 meters a second, or 30 mph.
Typhoon Bilis is forecast to strike Taiwan near the southeastern city of Taitung Wednesday morning.
The eastern counties of Taitung and Hualien and the southern county of Pingtung will bear the brunt of the storm, although torrential rains will spread across the island for the next two days.
Wednesday morning at 8:00 a.m. Taiwan time, or 0000 GMT, maximum winds in Taipei are forecast to be about 75 mph, while in the port city of Kaohsiung, maximum winds will be about 90 mph. |
