It’s May and there have been none whatsoever so far. This is weird.
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Bit early is it not? Taiwan’s peak season is July to October, east Asia from May onwards.
Outside of 2021 and 2016, nearly every year in recent memory had seasons starting in March, January or even New Year’s Eve of the previous year.
Maybe the earthquakes keep the typhoons away 
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Or it may be a tail-end effect of this year’s El Niño
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I blame Mazu.
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Yeah nah you’ve triggered me there. Ye can’t be capitalising Typhoons and leaving yer earthquakes there all lower case.
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Foreign disasters get better treatment? Only in Taiwan!
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Fixed to prevent an angry bear from rampaging the forum 
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You just had to say it… Last year was devastating enough!!!
The first one this year - but forecasted to not pass over Taiwan:
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https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/5880651
Lin said Tropical Depression TD02 could potentially strengthen into Tropical Storm Maliksi as early as Friday. However, Lin predicted its intensity would quickly weaken after it moved north and reached China.
The burning winds sure suck though!
At a news conference, CWA Weather Forecast Center director Chen Yi-liang (陳怡良) said the number is slightly lower than the average of three to five, reflecting the weakening El Niño weather pattern and the possibility of a La Niña weather pattern approaching.
Under such conditions, there are typically fewer typhoons but their routes will be more likely to come near Taiwan, Chen said.
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Chen also noted that only two typhoons formed in the northwestern Pacific between January and June, which is also fewer than the average of 4.27.
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Hurrah!
A tropical system currently located in waters east of the Philippines could develop into a depression or storm on the weekend due to the effect of a Pacific high pressure system gradually moving northward, CWA forecaster Lee Meng-hsuan (李孟軒) said.
If a tropical depression or storm forms it would likely move toward waters east of Taiwan on July 23 and July 24, with its outer rim bringing rain to eastern areas, Lee said.
Sporadic bursts of rainfall could also occur in the country’s north and south, he said, while indicating that afternoon thunderstorm are more likely in central parts of Taiwan.
However, the intensity and movement of the weather system still needs to be observed, the forecaster added.
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Some potential typhoon action next week?
Here’s the CWA forecast as of today (subject to change):
Source: Typhoon News | Central Weather Administration
Guy
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So flying into the region on the 29th should be unaffected, if I’m reading that right?