KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Typhoon Krathon made landfall Thursday in the major port city of Kaohsiung, packing maximum sustained winds of 126 kph (78 mph) near its center, with gusts of 162 kph (101 mph), according to Taiwan’s weather authorities.
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan — Typhoon Krathon made landfall Thursday in the major port city of Kaohsiung, packing maximum sustained winds of 126 kph near its center, with gusts of 162 kph , according to Taiwan’s weather authorities.
Weather-related events attributed to Krathon injured at least 123 people around the island, according to Taiwan’s fire department. Two people died — one after driving into fallen rocks on the road in the southeastern Taitung county, and the other while trimming tree branches in the city of Hualien. Two others remained missing.
Mountainous areas in the island’s south have seen up to 169 centimeters of rain over the past five days.
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