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Taiwan wordt elk jaar getroffen door drie tot vier tyfoons. Deze tyfoons komen vaak uit het zuiden of oosten en trekken dan vaak naar Japan of China. Doordat ze de bergen oversteken valt extra veel regen. Dit heeft tot gevolg dat op het eiland veel schade ontstaat en dat overstromingen snel plaatsvinden. Het orkaanseizoen voor het zeegebied bij Taiwan loopt van 1 mei tot 1 januari. Het hoogtepunt zijn de maanden juli, augustus en september. Dan is de kans erg groot dat Taiwan door een tyfoon wordt getroffen.

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Powerful Fanapi Will Soon Batter Taiwan
Fanapi become a typhoon over the western Pacific Thursday and is on a collision course with Taiwan.
As of Saturday morning EDT, Fanapi was the equivalent of a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds near 120 mph (185 kph).
Some further strengthening is likely prior to landfall late Saturday night.
Damaging winds will tear across the island nation Saturday night into Sunday, causing widespread damage to buildings and downing trees. In addition to the damaging winds, life-threatening flooding will occur as more than 20 inches of rain will likely fall over the mountains.
By Sunday night, Fanapi will emerge over the Formosa Strait and head toward China, though in a much weaker state.
A second landfall is expected by Monday morning over eastern China. Once onshore over China, Fanapi will quickly weaken into a tropical storm.
Fanapi should dissipate by Tuesday, but not before unleashing more than 10 inches of rain and damaging winds across eastern China. The rain could lead to life-threatening mudslides.

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(CNN) -- The toll from from typhoon Fanapi has climbed to 33 dead and 42 people missing in southern China, state media said Thursday.

The typhoon has affected more than 1 million people and forced the evacuations of 78,400 more, China Daily reported.

Fanapi battered parts of Guangdong province Tuesday. It was the 11th and strongest typhoon to hit China this year, causing an estimated $300 million in direct economic losses.

Some parts of Guangdong reported 640 mm (25.2 inches) of rain in 24 hours, provincial flood control headquarters said in a statement. In flooded towns such as Sanjia, water stood chest-high and residents fled for higher ground or to the upper stories of buildings.

Before reaching China, Fanapi was blamed in the accidental deaths of at least three people Saturday in Taiwan, according to Taiwan's official news agency.

The typhoon also caused extensive flooding in Taiwan, destroyed or damaged buildings, forced evacuations and prompted the cancellation of some airline flights.