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Typhoon Sinlaku has undergone explosive deepening and is now on course to smash into Taiwan this weekend. The storm is moving very slowly to the northwest and according to the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) has sustained winds of 90kts with gusts to 130kts.
The latest data suggests Sinlaku could make landfall near Hualien city on Saturday night.
Sinlaku is a slow moving storm and has the potential to cause catastrophic flooding over portions of eastern and northern Taiwan.
Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau have issued warnings for the storm and JMA are issuing hourly updates due to the threat to the southern Japanese Ryuku Island.
BEIJING, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Sinlaku, the 13th tropical storm so far this year, was approaching the eastern coast of Taiwan and may land or skim over northeastern regions of the island on Saturday or Sunday, China's weather authorities said on Thursday. The storm strengthened into a typhoon on Wednesday, and was spotted at about 390 kilometers southeast of Hengchun City, Taiwan, at 10 a.m. on Thursday, packing up winds of 180 km per hour at the center. It was and moving in a northwesterly direction at five to 10 kman hour, getting closer to the northeast coast of Taiwan, said the National Meteorological Observatory. I will be travelling to Taiwan tomorrow to cover typhoon Sinlaku first hand as it strikes the island. I will provide updates as well as photos and video as often as humanly possible. For more information please consult: www.typhoonfury.com - My website with information on current and previous high impact typhoons in Asia. http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V5e/index.htm - Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau. http://www.jma.go.jp/en/typh/ - Japanese Meteorological Agency www.typhoon2000.ph - Philippines based typhoon tracking website
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