Airports have cancelled over 70 domestic flights as Typhoon Koinu heads towards southern Taiwan. - File pic
TAIPEI (Reuters): Typhoon Koinu grinded towards southern Taiwan on Wednesday (Oct 4) bringing heavy rain and winds and causing the cancellation of 70 domestic flights and suspension of work and schools in urban areas in southern parts of the island from the evening.
Koinu is expected to make landfall on Taiwan's southeastern coast near the city of Taitung on Thursday morning as a category three typhoon, but then weaken as it crosses the island's southern tip and enters the Taiwan Strait, according to Tropical Storm Risk.
