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Typhoon Krathon made landfall in Taiwan’s south on Thursday, the island’s weather agency said, after forcing schools and offices to shut for a second day amid winds and rain that have left two dead and more than 100 injured. Krathon was packing sustained wind speeds of 126 kilometres (78 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 162 kph just before reaching the southern seaport city of Kaohsiung, according to the Central Weather Administration (CWA). While CWA chief Cheng Chia-ping said Wednesday that the typhoon was expected to weaken rapidly after landing, residents of Kaohsiung were urged to take shelter. Kaohsiung’s mayor, Chen Chi-mai, told reporters the city was experiencing “the strongest winds” ahead of the typhoon’s landfall. Torrential rain and powerful winds unleashed on the island have already left at least two people dead, two missing and 123 injured, said the National Fire Agency. A 70-year-old man was rushed to hospital on Tuesday after he fell while trimming trees in eastern Hualien county and died in hospital the next day. And a 66-year-old man, hospitalised in nearby Taitung on Monday after his truck hit a huge rock that had fallen onto the road, also died Wednesday. Krathon has disrupted traffic, causing all domestic flights to be suspended for a second day and the cancellation of around 240 international flights. Across Taiwan, nearly 10,000 people had been evacuated as of Thursday, according to the interior ministry. Krathon has caused mudslides and flooding, and damaged houses and roads in some areas as it slowly moves towards Taiwan, officials and reports said.
