News Desk

The Advocate Post: A powerful typhoon made landfall in northeastern Taiwan early on Thursday, killing at least two people and injuring hundreds of others as authorities closed financial markets, schools and offices.

Typhoon Gaemi caused dangerous storm surges, strong gusts, and a lot of rainfall, which made the situation in Taiwan worse. With sustained winds of up to 205 kph (125 mph), equivalent to a category three significant hurricane in the Atlantic, it made landfall in Yilan County.

The typhoon is predicted to cross the Taiwan Strait on Thursday and then make landfall in the province of Fujian on the Chinese mainland. This will bring further powerful winds and precipitation to a nation already severely affected by weeks of intense rain and catastrophic flooding.

Taiwan’s Central Emergency Operations Center stated that a woman was struck by a parapet that fell from a house in eastern Hualien and that a woman was crushed to death by a falling tree while riding a motorcycle in southern Kaohsiung City. Over 200 more people suffered injuries.

It was predicted that the storm, which was building quickly, would become a super typhoon and eventually make landfall on Taiwan’s northeast coast on Wednesday afternoon.

The wind field of the storm was disrupted by mountains, resulting in the deflection. Over the past 60 years, the behavior has been often observed in typhoons that are approaching northeast Taiwan; several of them complete entire loops before finally moving over land.

Typhoon Gaemi intensified in Pacific waters that were at their warmest on record before making landfall in Taiwan. The first hurricane of the season to hit Taiwan, it developed over the course of 24 hours to 96 kph (60 mph), well above the 56 kph (35 mph) threshold for rapid development. Scientists have discovered that hurricanes are intensifying more quickly due to heated oceans brought on by the human-caused climate disaster.