Typhoon Gaemi: Freighter sinks off Taiwan's coast | DW News

Taiwan's Central Emergency Operation Center said Thursday a cargo ship had sunk after Typhoon Gaemi passed over the island overnight. Freighter Fu-Shun with a Tanzanian flag sank off the Kaohsiung Harbor coast, with nine crew members from Myanmar missing. The search operation will be carried out after conditions improve. Typhoon Gaemi made landfall in Taiwan late on Wednesday, hitting the eastern Yilan County at around 12 a.m. local time (1600 GMT Wednesday). It then moved to the Taiwan Strait early on Thursday, the Central Weather Administration said. While the intensity of the typhoon has reduced, authorities have warned residents of southern and central Taiwan that there may be flooding in the following days. About 87,000 households were without electricity as of Thursday morning, while schools, workplaces and financial markets remained closed for a second day. The superstorm brought strong winds and heavy rains to the island before its arrival, killing at least two people, according to the disaster management center — one by a falling tree and the other after part of a building fell on a car — and at least 279 more people were injured.

Typhoon Gaemi expected to be the strongest storm in 8 years
With around 29,000 soldiers on standby for disaster relief, President Lai Ching-te had urged people to "put safety first" during a morning emergency briefing on Wednesday. Lai added the next 24 hours would be crucial for the island, as there was "a very severe challenge" for emergency services and personnel to tackle. Before making landfall, Gaemi, the first typhoon of the season to affect the island, was packing maximum sustained winds of 190 kilometers (118 miles) per hour. It is estimated to bring about 1,800 millimeters or 70 inches of rain to southern and central Taiwan. The storm has already affected Japan and the Philippines, enhancing the seasonal monsoon rains in Manila. The rains set off a dozen landslides and floods over five days, killing at least eight people, according to Philippine authorities. After crossing the Taiwan Strait, Gaemi is likely to hit the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian late on Thursday afternoon. "This could be the biggest typhoon in recent years. It's charging directly towards the east coast and if it makes landfall here the damage would be enormous," fishing boat captain Hung Chun told Reuters news agency.

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[JugglinJellyTake]

Hurricane
Category 1: 74 to 95
Category 2: 96 to 110
Category 3: 111 to 129
Category 4: 130 to 156
Category 5: 157 plus

With wind speeds 'well in excess of 200 mile per hour' we are in the domain of category 6 and possibly even category 7.

It is about time those new categories are added.

[souravjaiswal-jrbj]

I fear in 10-15 years we will see this as good old days. Warmer oceans will inevitably fuel stronger storms. Physics 101. 😢

[fv]

It's weird that the same storm came from the Philippines and this news agency didn't even feature it.

[reneechen]

Some videos are from Manila. May Philippines and Taiwanese be safe.

[ArabicReja]

It doesn't matter how many times the Chinese regime repeats the *lies, *
or how *angry* it pretends to be,
- Taiwan 🇹🇼 is still an independent country.

[AlexandraAquamarine]

DW it would be cool if you would like to share official sources how to donate for people in need after disasters you show in your videos. And war victims and many other. Or to support social initiatives.

[tommyluke]

If there’s a typhoon I would stay put rather than rushing to leave the country … unless your visa is expiring

[suskagusip]

That's Carina in the Philippines.

[QuanNguyen-qqos]

In August &Sept, Typhoon & storm move to South China, Taiwan, Philippines & North Vietnam. But, this year come earlier. Then, in Oct & Nov move to Philippines & Central of VietNam .That's nature rule happen every years😢

[Paka]

Jetzt mal ohne Schei..: Man weiß doch vorher, wo der Taifun langzieht, warum fährt der Öltanker da rein? Haben die mit dem Taschenrechner navigiert?

[stevinharper]

Hopefully my country is helping people in the Philippines because ik we have troops and equipment there. We dont in Taiwan but maybe we can send help from our troops in Japan. Would be good if we had cost guard out there

[raymondsullivan]

This is not a game to me can you see all that water and all that damage RPS 111 supposed to be heading for China

[igoldenage]

It has already hit China, not heading to China.

[hyunsukim]

No [ g-a-i-m-e ], Yes [ g-æ-m-e ]... It's Korean term meaning Ants.

[TheOldPlan]

Hoping for Taiwan Safety and let's pray that the rain stop.

[rollingdownfalling]

Taiwanese President had officially calling its main dialect as Taiwan-Taiwanese as opposed to sometimes being referred to as the Minnan dialect (i.e. he politicised a dialect as if this dialect has no origin from across the strait, a phenomenon known as de-Sinofication) Something a true populist/nationalist will do. Taiwan Nationalism further consolidates its identity, so that the current official name, Republic of China, is transforming itself one step closer into the name Republic of Taiwan. When that happens a war is instant. I guess he is giving PRC even narrower room for tolerance, and he is probably going to put all of its bet in on US interference. He is like a gambler.

[TheOldPlan]

We the philippines hoping ang pray that the rain will stop for China safety.

[jieli]

In the first half of 2024, a total of 101 real estate companies across the country declared bankruptcy. 61 decoration companies have been issued bankruptcy documents! The Chinese economy and local government finances are overly dependent on the real estate industry! The bankruptcy of a large number of enterprises in the real estate industry will inevitably lead to the collapse of the Chinese stock market! Do you think Chinese real estate loans won't explode?