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Taiwan Typhoon

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BBC:

At least 16 people have been injured in one of the most powerful typhoons to hit Taiwan in recent years.

Typhoon Haitang, with winds of up to 184 km/h (114 mph), has already dumped nearly a metre of rain in mountainous areas in the north-east of the island.

Talked to my friends Mammoth and Crystal in Kaohsiung last night just as the storm was making landfall. Sounds like quite a hurricane. You can follow the storm’s progress by checking out news stories here, photos here, and blog posts here.

(Sidenote: when we left Taiwan, Jill and I sold our scooter to our friend Miriam; according to this account from her boyfriend Pete, they had to abandon our beloved fuzzy amid a torrent of rain and wind.)

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July 18th, 2005 at 7:09 am

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  1. wow ,quick report on the storm its still crazy, school has been cancelled for the second day in a row,we are starting to get stir crazy,take care N
    mammoth

    mammoth

    18 Jul 05 at 7:18 am

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