The calm before the storm: People walking in the rain with a backdrop of the rainbow in the sky in Taipei as Typhoon Krathon approaches Taiwan. — AP
Schools have been closed and thousands of people evacuated in the south of the island ahead of the arrival of Super Typhoon Krathon as President Lai Ching-te warned it could “inevitably cause catastrophic damage”.
Krathon, packing sustained winds of 198kph – equivalent to a Category 3 hurricane – and gusts of up to 245kph, was expected to make landfall today near the major port city of Kaohsiung.
