Typhoon Soudelor wallops Taiwan with 40 inches of rain

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and 145 mph gusts.

•Typhoon Soudelor made landfall in northeast Taiwan at 5:00 a.m. Saturday local time (5:00 p.m. EDT Friday) about 19 miles northwest of Hualien with winds equivalent to Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.
•Soudelor was moving to the west-northwest at 15 mph as of Friday afternoon (U.S. time) with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph.
•Winds have gusted over 100 mph in Taiwan and more than 40 inches of rain has fallen in at least one location.
•Tropical-storm force winds have also arrived in China as of early Saturday morning.
•Soudelor impacted Japan's far southwest Ryukyu Islands, where sustained winds of 101 mph with a gust to 145 mph has been confirmed in at least one location.
•A weakened, but still dangerous Soudelor will make a final landfall in southeast China late Saturday and track inland Sunday.
•Earlier this week, Soudelor underwent rapid intensification Monday and became Super Typhoon Soudelor, the strongest tropical cyclone on Earth so far in 2015.

http://www.wunderground.com/news/typhoon-soudelor-forecast-west-pacific-taiwan-japan

[haikugal]

1. Wow, I can't imagine...that's a monster. Thanks for the post!

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2. China and the far east being hit again

with record typhoons. Maybe it's time we started talking about climate change
(after we tire of Trump and just in case scientists might be right.)

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3. This is the biggest storm so far this year

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4. I know; sorry I didn't say sarcasm

and thanks for the post.

[dumbcat]

5. Granddaughter is in Taipei right now

I hope she checks in with us soon.

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6. This was put up at Reddit earlier today

Water, water everywhere