The Central Weather Bureau yesterday evening lifted the land warning issued for typhoon Chebi, but the storm is believed to have already claimed seven lives.
Chebi, the second typhoon to threaten Taiwan this year, swept across southeastern and southern Taiwan yesterday morning with strong winds and heavy rain, and is heading toward China at 25kph.
Six people on the Tungkang-based fishing boat Chingchingfa No. 16 lost contact in the open seas off the northern Philippines after the vessel lost power and began taking on water Friday evening.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
The missing crew includes the captain, Chen Shui-fa (
Another incident occurred in Taitung County's Hsiaokang port, where a fisherman, Tsai Cheng-yi (蔡正義), 45, fell into the sea yesterday morning. He was still unaccounted for as of press time.
In southern Taiwan, the Greek cargo ship, the MV Amorgos, that has been stranded off Taiwan's southern tip of Eluanpi (
Before yesterday noon, flights to and from the southern and eastern cities and offshore islands were canceled, the Civil Aeronautics Administration reported. Most international flights were not affected. According to the weather bureau last night, Chebi was centered 110km north-northwest of Taiwan's offshore island of Penghu.
With a radius of 200km and packing winds of up to 165kph, the weather system was moving northwest toward China at about 25kph and was expected to hit the southeastern city of Fuzhou today. Bearing the brunt of Chebi were the southern counties of Tainan, Kaohsiung, Pingtung, the eastern counties of Hualien and Taitung, as well as the offshore islands of Kinmen, Matsu and Penghu.
The bureau said the Dragon Boat Festival tomorrow will not be affected by Chebi.
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