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Morakot Typhoon in Taiwan 台湾莫拉克台风
21 August 2009

Reported By
Tainted Angel


Taipei, on the 12th of August, experienced an extremely heavy afternoon thunderstorm. The hardest hit areas were Yunghe & Banciao. Both received over 100mm of rain in just one hour. Yunghe, Banciao and other areas around Taipei experienced flooding.


The afternoon thunderstorms preceded by daytime sunshine are the standard pattern for summertime weather in Taiwan. 100mm in an hour for such storms were conceded "rare" by meteorologists. Another storm is forecasted for Taipei on Thursday afternoon August 13th, possibly just as heavy.

Typhoon Morakot brought record levels of rain. During Saturday, August 8th and Sunday, August 9th, rainfall rates in the south was as high as 100mm / hour. Some areas of Ping Tung county received more rain over Saturday, August 8th and Sunday, August 9th as they normally get in a whole year.


The main culprit behind the record high rain levels has been the slow speed of the system. Moving at of 10 km / hr or slower, often looping backwards or entirely stationary.
The storm was downgraded to a Tropical Depression at 11am on Saturday, August 8th.


The highest winds occurred at Hualien County - 83-92 mph/ 72-80 kph. Highest urban winds were in Hualien City 55-63mph / 48-55kph. Taipei city saw gusts of 55-63mph / 48-55kph wind during the morning of Friday, August 7th.


The storm made landfall - eye of the storm reaches land – at 11:50pm Friday, August 7th. The center is still over the island and is expected to be off Taiwan by 2pm Saturday, August 8th.


Radius of storm arrived on Taiwan at 5am Friday, August 7th.


Taipei's Mass Rapid Transit System ran throughout the weekend, though with fewer trains during the wettest parts of the storm.

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