Crazy, just had backed up rainwater stuck in a kink burst through my stove’s extractor pipe, flow back through the grease traps and down upon my dinner, sitting on the stove. It was a bucketful. I deserve a day off just for cleaning that up.
Did tomorrow’s deluge come early? Presume that’s why they haven’t called it.
Hey, where did you get that from? This is what I found, and there’s a big gap in the numbers… maybe I’m missing something? I mean… Taipei only 62mm this month? (they haven’t added today yet but sure it should be higher?)
Earlier today the rain amounts were impressive. Will check again later before bed and hope tomorrow will be off. Rain and wind combined are bad for scooters and drivers in general.
Some historical perspective—and why improving drainage has been a key part of making Taipei a better city. Three meters of rain, btw, is getting into Typhoon Morakot territory—utterly insane amounts of rain!
Hundreds evacuated from Yilan, about 60 evacuated in Xizhi. Even in Taipei Xinyi, mountain side.
News keep saying wind and rain will be stronger tomorrow.
Problem with not being a declared direct hit by typhoon is for example the responsibility for economic loses. However, the economic damage is already rising.
Edit
Getting closer, tunnel closed in Neihu due to landslide danger and flooding.
The typhoon has apparently cleared the southernmost tip of Taiwan.
As the typhoon moves away from the island, it will however suck in more cold wet air from the northeast, so expect more rain along with a pretty sharp drop in temperatures tomorrow (i.e. Monday) in the north of the island.
