Taiwan to shut markets, schools as strong typhoon Khanun approaches

TAIPEI: On Thursday, August 3, Taiwan will close businesses and universities throughout the area, including Taipei, the nation’s capital, as slow-moving Typhoon Khanun was predicted to pass amid instructions of flooding and strong winds.

With maximum winds of 209 km / h, Typhoon Khanun, which Taiwan’s weather bureau classified as the second-strongest typhoonic level, slowly moved in the direction of its northeastern coasts.

In Okinawa, a well-known tourist location in Japan, the storm struck power lines, cutting off power to more than 200, 000 homes on Wednesday morning and killing one person.

On Thursday, businesses and schools may be closed in northern cities like New Taipei, Keelung, Yilan, and the nation’s capital. The investment and foreign exchange markets in Taiwan will also be shut down.

In rocky central Taiwan, a full rain of up to 0.6 meters was anticipated, while the mountains close to Taipei were predicted to receive 0.3 million.

Typhoon Khanun was expected to parry past Taiwan’s north shores late on Thursday before making a sharp turn to the north on Friday. It was moving 4 km yard northwest across the lake, according to climate officials.

All private boat lines may be suspended on Thursday, and nearly 30 domestic and international airlines have been canceled.

According to the defense department, the central government has established an emergency response center, and hundreds of soldiers are on standby in northern places.