Check out this report:
Typhoon SINLAKU
The biggest issue remains the extended period of rainfall due to the storm's very slow speed. The storm is now forecast to not be past Taiwan until early Tuesday 9/16.
The eye of the storm did finally make landfall - three times: 1:50am Ilan, 10am at Keelung & 6pm at Danshuei / Sanshzi. This means that the eye of storm came to the main island and then left and then returned in a looping pattern. Not unusual for a single loop - but three is quite unprecedented. Meteorologists couldn't recall it happening before.
Urban areas with the highest rainfall as of Sunday 9/14 10pm:
Ilan - 509mm
Taipei - 332mm
Kellung - 325mm
I live in Danshuei. It has been crazy here. The rain is ridiculous. If you open the balcony door, you are instantly soaking wet.
They say we are supposed to have work tomorrow, but the typhoon is still right over us. Seriously, the eye of the storm was above us four hours ago and it is only moving at 5km an hour. Worse, it is just looping over us. The whole place is flooded. There is a concrete patio in front of our apartment. It is currently a pond.
1 comment:
Come on Man! Its just water and a little wind. You won't melt. Just walk to work with a towel in a plastic bag.
Just kidding. Do they ever evacuate or just tell people to stay at home and wait it out?
That would be a fun opportunity to try out your 72 hour survival kit. You brought that with you right?
You should post some more pictures of the storm/pond/flooding...
Mat
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