Gaemi is the strongest typhoon to hit Taiwan in eight years and is expected to dump more torrential rain in China's Fujian province.
A freighter has sunk off the coast of Taiwan after Typhoon Gaemi swept through northern parts of the country on Thursday.A freighter has sunk off the coast of Taiwan after Typhoon Gaemi swept through northern parts of the country on Thursday.It is the strongest typhoon to hit the island in eight years and packed gusts of up to 227 kilometres per hour before weakening, according to the Central Weather Administration.
Trains will be stopped until 3pm local time, with all domestic flights and 195 international flights cancelled for the day.As of 12:15pm local time, Gaemi was in the Taiwan Strait and heading toward Fuzhou in China's Fujian province.Weather forecasters are expecting Gaemi to head inland, gradually moving northward with less intensity — though still dumping heavy rain in many areas.
As gale force winds picked up, officials in Zhoushan in Zhejiang province suspended passenger waterway routes for up to three days.Most flights were cancelled at airports in Fuzhou and Quanzhou in Fujian, and Wenzhou in Zhejiang, according to the VariFlight app. Officials in capital Beijing upgraded and issued a red warning late on Wednesday night for torrential rain expected through most of Thursday, state media reported.Some train services were also suspended at the Beijing West Railway Station, state media said.
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