Typhoon Tembin sweeps across Taiwan AFP Updated August 24, 2012, 11:50 pm
Posted by hanna on 8/24/2012, 10:48 am
| Here are a few bits from the article. TAITUNG, Taiwan (AFP) - Typhoon Tembin swept across southern Taiwan Friday, toppling trees and ripping off rooftops after thousands of people were evacuated to avoid a repeat of a deadly storm three years ago. Tembin, characterised as a "severe" typhoon by the Hong Kong Observatory, hit before dawn and ground its way across Taiwan's southern tip before moving out to sea again, where it was still lingering after dark. but Tembin made landfall further south than expected. Island-wide, the number of evacuees topped 7,000. "Today and tomorrow will be a crucial time. It may come back. It's determined by a multitude of factors," said weather bureau forecaster Lo Ya-yin. The typhoon dumped nearly 50 centimetres (20 inches) of rain in Pingtung county overnight, leaving four towns flooded in knee-deep brown water. For full story http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/14656955/typhoon-tembin-sweeps-across-taiwan/ I'm not sure which track is correct but most show it passing over land NOAA has it tracking over water.. The Navy  NOAA  Hong Kong Observatory , nice site, I am unable to copy info. http://www.weather.gov.hk/wxinfo/currwx/tc_gis_e.htm JMA  http://www.jma.go.jp/en/typh/1214.html |
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