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TAIPEI - Powerful winds and torrential rains brought by Typhoon Talim pounded eastern Taiwan Wednesday as the central weather bureau warned residents across the island against floods.
Talim’s center was 350 kilometers (217 miles) east southeast of Hualien county at 10:15 am (0215 GMT), the bureau said. With a radius of 250 kilometers, the typhoon was moving west northwest at a speed of 21 kilometers an hour, packing center winds of up to 184 kilometers per hour.
The bureau warned that Talim was gathering strength and threatened to bring heavy rains across the island overnight. Offices and schools were to close later Wednesday in cities in eastern and central Taiwan. |