The Taitung County Government yesterday afternoon told workers and students to go home as Green Island (綠島) and Orchid Island (also known as Lanyu, 蘭嶼) braced for the impact of bad weather brought by Typhoon Noul.
The Central Weather Bureau said that it had recorded a gust with a speed reaching Level 11 on the Beaufort Scale in Lanyu.
Statistics from the bureau showed that Green Island recorded 69mm of rain yesterday. It was followed by Mudan (牡丹) and Manchou (滿州) in Pintung County, which saw rainfall of 59mm and 58mm respectively.
Due to the typhoon, 24 domestic flights were canceled and three flights were also delayed, the Civil Aeronautics Administration said.
Meanwhile, two international flights were canceled and two were delayed.
As the typhoon had weakened and was accelerating away from Taiwan, the bureau lifted the sea warning for Typhoon Noul at 8:30pm.
Bureau forecaster Chen Yi-liang (陳怡良) said that the radius storm of the storm had shrunk to 150km. It was moving northeasterly at 76kph.
Chen said that both Green Island and Lanyu are out of the radius of the storm, and the typhoon’s threat to the nation has greatly diminished, adding that the bureau estimated the typhoon would continue to move northeasterly and weaken further.
As the typhoon has moved away from Taiwan, Chen said that the rainfall on the east coast would gradually diminish and sunny skies are forecast to reappear this afternoon.
However, even as the storm moves north of the island, showers or thunderstorms from the typhoon’s outer periphery and a weather front remain likely to impact the northern half of Taiwan before noon today, the bureau said.
The bureau also warned of sudden storm surges in coastal areas and urged any people heading to the Hengchun Peninsula, eastern and southwestern Taiwan, or Penghu to remain on alert.
Additional reporting by CNA
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