The taxi to the airport was much easier than I expected, so that was nice. Only a little rain, and a couple of fallen branches to dodge. The check-in desk assured me the lounge is open, but security is NOT open until 1am, so I and many others are stuck in the arrivals/departure area. The only thing open is the 7-11 in the basement food court.
The check-in personnel were at best guardedly optimistic about the flight actually leaving at 4am.
It is quiet now. Too quiet. One or two gusts. But on tv they show the typhoons on its way out somewhere in Miaoli but the second one is clearly seen coming up.
More than 100 thousand people are already without power all over Taiwan.
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We are on the news. Big chunk of ceiling at the Tapinlin MRT station was blown off!
I was watching CTI live news on Youtube to see what was happening with the typhoon, and one of their reporters was doing man-on-the-street interviews inside a shopping mall. The reporter rushes up to a dude sitting on a bench and breathlessly asks, âIs the typhoon affecting your day!?â The dude slowly looks to the left and right and then answers, âUmâŚIâm, like, indoors, so not really.â Gotta love the news in Taiwan.
Not a lot of rain compared to other typhoons in recent years. Plenty of wind to make up for that! Still windy in yilan, but itâs enjoyable now, some fresh air doesnât hurt. A few motorbikes on the ground, but in my area between yilan city and the sea I donât see any serious damage.
The hillside opposite me lost power again as they almost always do when typhoons come. The typhoon was done by midnight last night , had already got semi clear skies.
And Pingdong was the hardest hit by the first one - I still canât get over the 188 mil in an hour they got there yesterday!
Thankfully, Nesat kept moving at a good clip and it wasnât sustained for longer than a few hours, though they still scored 600 mil in 4-5 hrs
The angle of approach for Haitang should mean the affected areas will get some protection - even though it looks like itâs going directly there - more likely to affect the south east coast initially
In fact Taidong can expect heavier falls than what happened yesterday - which was nothing much for the south east
Some rain tonight and tomorrow but nothing to worry about at this stage. Itâs a small typhoon and unlikely to develop further given its interaction with land - if itâs to do any damage it will be with itâs rain
Itâs maximum wind speed is up to 100kph, which is still something, so anyone in Kenting needs to pay attention
South east coast residents including Taidong city need to be on alert for the initial impact of heavy rain and possible landslides
Other east coasters should monitor it as it tracks north
This will have a much bigger impact than yesterdayâs event here in Taidong
From the news, for what is worth and for the limited time the typhoons hit, damage was not little. Five dead in Miaoli landslide to be confirmed.
Here in Xindian, 5 homes affected as a piece of someoneâs tin metal house flew away and slammed against their balconies. Luckily, no one was outside at the time.