The Central Weather Bureau yesterday lifted its sea warning for Tropical Storm Hagibis after the center of the storm landed in China’s Guangdong Province.
As of 5pm yesterday, the center of the storm was 230km southwest of Kinmen. The storm’s radius was 100km.
It was moving northeast at 13kph. By 5pm today, the storm is forecast to move to 150km northwest of Kinmen.
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According to the bureau, the storm gradually weakened yesterday, which in turn lowered the threat to sea vessels operating in the Taiwan Strait.
The bureau said that the storm is likely to be further reduced to a tropical depression system, which was the reason it lifted the sea warning at 5:30pm.
Even though Taiwan is spared from the threat of the storm, the bureau said that people in some parts of the nation should still heed the rainfall brought by the circumference of the storm.
Chances of heavy to extremely heavy rain are high in Kinmen today.
Residents in southeastern, eastern and central areas, as well as Penghu should beware of heavy rainfall as well.
Due to the storm, sea vessels operating near the nation’s southwest and southeast coasts, as well as those in Penghu and Kinmen, could experience strong waves and winds today, the bureau added.
Meanwhile, the bureau said that a stronger southwest wind will continue bringing humid air to the nation’s central, southern, southeastern and eastern regions between tomorrow and Saturday, likely causing showers or thundershowers.
Isolated showers or thundershowers in the afternoon or in the evening could occur in the rest of the nation, the bureau added.
The bureau further forecast that the nation would experience hot and humid weather this week, with the high temperature in the western part of the nation potentially hitting 32°C to 34°C.
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