Yow! This brings back memories of some typhoons back in the day that would not simply pass through, but would come back for return visits . . . not good!
It will hit mainly Central Taiwan, mountain areas. Taichung, Nantou, parts of Miaoli and Taoyuan, the usual Alishan/kaohsiung mountain range. If you see the statelluite images, it looks pretty dim.
Problem here is we will have non stop rain for 5 days or more…
Yah, I’ve noticed central and southern Taiwan have been getting hit pretty hard. I haven’t turned on the news just yet, but I have to assume it doesn’t look good.
A side note, unrelated to the weather: as perhaps you know, the range of English-language media sources in Taiwan is being gutted. Michael Turton has posted an account saying that the newly “enhanced” online China Post has apparently fired all but one of its staff. The Taiwan News went through a similar process when it stopped issuing its print form–now they actually have folks writing for them, and I believe George Liao, the author of the piece you disparaged, is a former China Post reporter.
Heavy rains brough landslides in Taichung mountains, 6 homes taken away in one.
Seems we haven’t even gotten started…
Check your calendar for the weekend. Some public activities, like the concerts for the Riverside Festival in Taipei, have been cancelled due to the rain.
So no hiking, no mountain climbing, and hell NO river tracking.
OTOH, movies sound great.
EDIT:
and if someone has any ideas on how to entertain a dog with cabin fever, I am all ears.
Actually, it reminds me of that time a typhoon pushed those containers up from Keelung port up the river and they crashed against a bridge. Remember that one?