[Taiwan News]Typhoon Haitang lashes Taiwan

[CNN頭條]http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/07/18/typhoon.haitang/

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan's central weather bureau has urged residents to take precautions against strong winds and heavy rainfall as one of the strongest typhoons to hit the island in five years began lashing its northeast coast.


(1)Taiwan's central weather bureau has urged residents to take precautions against strong winds and heavy rainfall.
Taiwan's central weather bureau 臺灣中央氣象局
urge residents to 催促居民要…
take precautions against 對…做預防措施
strong winds and heavy rainfall 強風和豪雨

(2)One of the strongest typhoons to hit the island in five years began lashing its northest coast.
one of the strongest typhoons 強烈颱風之一
hit the island 襲擊該島
began lashing its (it指臺灣) northest coast 開始猛烈衝擊其東北海岸

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[ABC News Online澳洲廣播網]

Winds of up to 184 kilometres an hour and gusts of 227 km/h have lashed the coast, while the powerful storm has dumped nearly one metre of rain on mountainous areas in the north-east, prompting the Taiwanese Government to warn of potentially deadly landslides and flash floods.
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"There were strong gusts of wind every five or six minutes, forcing me to stop my scooter when I was riding to work this morning," said David Lin, a security guard for an office building in Taipei.
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"Every time I heard a loud noise, I was afraid I would be hit by debris."

Taiwan's disaster recovery centre says there have been no casualties so far, though some people have suffered minor injuries from being blown off roofs and motorcycles.

Officials say about 38,000 homes are without power.

-Reuters


http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1416697.htm

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