Meranti in de laatste 8 uurtwitter:Wx_Geek twitterde op dinsdag 13-09-2016 om 01:27:34 Check out this visible satellite loop of the sun rising over Super Typhoon #Meranti. Just wow! #tropics https://t.co/e6jq7wmYVA reageer retweet
twitter:Kachelmannwettr twitterde op maandag 12-09-2016 om 21:57:36 Supertaifun #Meranti in den letzten 7,5 Stunden mit beeindruckendem Auge! #wetter /FR https://t.co/1wEwWqbFuv reageer retweet
wat?quote:Op woensdag 14 september 2016 07:18 schreef aloa het volgende:
682 mm gemeten in Taiwu Township, Pingtung County.
Helaas nu geen extra vrije dag omdat het al een holiday is daarquote:Op woensdag 14 september 2016 10:27 schreef SeLang het volgende:
Ik heb 4 jaar in Taiwan gewoond (2003-2007). Een typhoon was altijd tof want dan kregen we een typhoon holiday omdat alles dan dicht was
quote:Super Typhoon Meranti is world’s largest since 2013
A MONSTER storm with winds of 300km/h, the strongest Earth has seen in three years, is charging towards China.
Super Typhoon Meranti was forecasted to skirt southern Taiwan early Wednesday morning and then continue towards China, but the massive storm will swing past the north coast of Hong Kong and may still affect that city.
Even though it will likely avoid a direct hit on Taiwan, damaging winds and a storm surge is expected along the southern coast, and mudslides are possible. The capital Taipei will still be affected, The Washington Post reported.
But it is China where Meranti will pack the biggest punch. Sustained winds of just over 300kmh are expected with some gusts as high as 370kmh.
The huge winds would create waves as high as 14m.
A storm of that incredible intensity could destroy buildings and flatten vegetation.
Forecasts on Tuesday suggest the super storm would make landfall in China somewhere between Shantou and Xiamen. It would have weakened slightly by then but would still be the equivalent of a category 4 hurricane.
Meranti is so huge it stretches from southern Japan to the southern Philippines. It took Meranti just 36 hours to intensify from category 1 to category 5.
quote:Strongest storm in 21 years hits mainland China
Typhoon Meranti has landed in mainland China after battering Taiwan with its strongest storm in 21 years.
The super typhoon, with gusts of up to 227km/h (141 mph), killed one person and left half a million homes without power in Taiwan.
It made landfall near China's south-eastern city of Xiamen on Thursday morning, having lost some power.
Dozens of flights and train services in southern China have been cancelled and tens of thousands of people evacuated.
"It is the strongest typhoon to hit Taiwan in 21 years in terms of maximum sustained wind near the centre," forecaster Hsieh Pei-yun told news agency AFP.
The typhoon has made landfall at the start of a three-day holiday in China for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Residents were told to stay indoors and ships ordered to head back to harbour, while people in Pingtung were told to leave their homes.
Power out
In Taiwan, one person was killed and 38 were injured, said officials.
The storm prompted warnings about possible landslides in mountainous areas - 800mm of rain had been forecast in some areas. Schools and offices were closed in most eastern and southern counties, while power cuts affected 650,000 households.
Electricity poles and trees were uprooted by winds, with trucks overturned and roofs blown off.
Taiwan is often hit by powerful storms, with super typhoon Dujuan killing three people and leaving more than 300 injured in Taiwan in 2015
Three people were killed and hundreds injured in July when typhoon Nepartak hit Taiwan's east coast.
Another typhoon, Malakas, is expected to approach Taiwan on Friday and Saturday, but is unlikely to make landfall.
quote:Op donderdag 15 september 2016 10:57 schreef SeLang het volgende:
Tijdens één van mijn eerste typhoons in Taiwan was ik even buiten op het balkon gaan staan (ik woonde op de 7-de verdieping). Toen kwam er opeens een satellietschotel langs waaien. Toen ben ik maar weer snel naar binnen gegaan
quote:Zeker elf doden door orkaan Meranti in Taiwan en China
De orkaan Meranti heeft de eerste slachtoffers geëist in Taiwan en China. De storm schampte gisteren langs Taiwan en arriveerde vanmorgen in het zuidoosten van China. Het is de zwaarste storm in de regio sinds Haiyan, waardoor in 2013 duizenden mensen omkwamen in de Filipijnen.
In de Chinese provincie Fujian zijn ten minste zeven mensen omgekomen door de storm en drie in de naastgelegen provincie Zhejiang. Elf mensen worden nog vermist. De Taiwanese overheid meldt dat in dat land één dode is gevallen, 38 mensen raakten gewond.
De Chinese overheid zegt dat 33 miljoen mensen op de vlucht zijn voor Meranti, 1600 huizen zijn vernield. Inmiddels zijn 330.000 mensen weer teruggekeerd naar hun woning. De Chinese staatstelevisie laat beelden zien van beschadigde elektriciteitsmasten en auto's in de straten van kustplaats Xiamen.
De volgende storm is alweer op komst. Orkaan Malakas arriveert vanavond in Taiwan.
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