Typhoon Doksuri shuts businesses, grounds flights in Taiwan

Fishing boats moored at a port at Fujian province in preparation for the approaching Typhoon Doksuri on July 26, 2023.- Reuters

TAIPEI (Reuters): Southern Taiwan on Thursday (July 27) shut businesses and schools while airlines cancelled hundreds of domestic flights amid warnings of landslides and floods as Typhoon Doksuri churned past the island en route to China where it will make landfall later this week.

As of 8:30am (0030 GMT) Typhoon Doksuri, categorised at the second-strongest typhoon level by Taiwan's weather bureau, headed towards the southern Taiwan Strait with maximum winds of 191km (118 miles) per hour.