Trees toppled, businesses shut, as Typhoon Khanun passes Taiwan

Record ID: 1736396

  • Title: Trees toppled, businesses shut, as Typhoon Khanun passes Taiwan
  • Date: 3rd August 2023
  • Summary: TAIPEI, TAIWAN (AUGUST 3, 2023) (REUTERS) EMPTY STREET IN TAIPEI’S BUSINESS DISTRICT PEDESTRIAN WAITING AT TRAFFIC LIGHT PEDESTRIANS CROSSING STREET TAIPEI 101, SHAKING TREES AMIDST STRONG WINDS VARIOUS OF FLOOD WALL AT OFFICE BUILDING ENTRANCE NEW TAIPEI, TAIWAN (AUGUST 3, 2023) (REUTERS) EMPTY SUBWAY STATION VARIOUS OF PASSENGERS USING ESCALATOR VARIOUS OF PASSENGERS WAITING FOR TRAIN AT PLATFORM
  • Embargoed: 17th August 2023 06:01
  • Keywords: Taipei Taiwan Typhoon Khanun damage storm typhoon weather
  • Location: TAIPEI, NEW TAIPEI, TAIWAN
  • City: TAIPEI, NEW TAIPEI, TAIWAN
  • Country: Taiwan
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Disaster/Accidents,Wind/Hurricane/Typhoons/Tornadoes
  • Reuters ID: LVA002190903082023RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Northern Taiwan on Thursday (August 3) shut businesses and schools while airlines cancelled dozens of flights as the slow-moving Typhoon Khanun skirted past the island's northeast amid warnings of floods and high winds.
    Typhoon Khanun, categorised by Taiwan's weather bureau as the second-strongest typhoon level, slowly headed towards its northeastern coast with maximum winds of 198 kph (123 mph). As of 9:15 A.M. Taipei time (0115 GMT), the eye of the typhoon was 360 km off Taipei in the East China Sea, heading in a westerly direction at around 5 kph.
    Northern cities including the capital Taipei shut businesses and schools and reduced subway services, while hundreds of soldiers were put on standby for disaster response. Taiwan's stock and foreign exchange markets were also closed and hundreds of soldiers were on standby in nearby cities for disaster response.
    The storm hit power lines in Japan's popular tourist destination Okinawa earlier this week, knocking out electricity to more than 200,000 households and killing one person.
    (Production: Fabian Hamacher)
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
  • Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2023. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
  • Usage Terms/Restrictions: None
Register