Anyone planning to attend the Deaflympics’ opening ceremony tonight might want to wear a rain coat or carry an umbrella as the chance of rain is high, the Central Weather Bureau said yesterday.
The bureau said Tropical Storm Dujuan formed yesterday and as of press time its center was located 870km off the southeast coast of Okinawa. It was moving north east at a speed of 13kph.
The weakening of a Pacific high pressure system means the storm is unlikely to sweep through Taiwan, which is still reeling from the devastation caused by Typhoon Morakot last month.
“The high air pressure system over the Pacific Ocean has weakened, causing the storm to move northeasterly,” bureau forecaster Douglas Hsiao (蕭家森) said.
Some local media have described Dujuan as a super typhoon because it has an expansive cloud mass, but the bureau said the storm’s maximum wind speeds barely reach the threshold for a tropical storm.
The highest accumulated rainfall in the past two days was at Kulu (古魯) in Ilan County, which topped 192.5mm.
Today, residents in northern and northeastern regions should still be prepared for the possibility of showers or heavy rain, the bureau said.
ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY CNA
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