Weather & Science
Typhoon Krathon Hits Taiwan With Dangerous Winds, Heavy Rain
- CWA says storm made landfall in Kaohsiung’s Xiaogang district
- More than 84,000 customers without power, thousands evacuated
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Typhoon Krathon crossed the southwest coast of Taiwan packing dangerous winds, with the storm leaving thousands of customers without power and shutting the stock exchange a second day.
Krathon had maximum sustained winds of 126 kilometers (78 miles) per hour before making landfall in Kaohsiung’s Xiaogang district at 12:40 p.m. local time, according to Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration. That’s equivalent to a Category 1 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale.