Taiwan mobilised nearly 40,000 troops on Oct 1 to bolster rescue efforts.
approaching its populous south-west coast is expected to bring a storm surge and the coast guard raced to locate 19 sailors who abandoned ship.
Kaohsiung, home to some 2.7 million people, declared a holiday and told people to stay at home as Krathon approached and is expected to hit as a category 4 storm according to Tropical Storm Risk. Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai told a disaster management meeting that the storm was “no less powerful” than 1977‘s Typhoon Thelma which killed 37 people and devastated the city.
“It’s going to strike us directly. We must be fully prepared,” said fisherman Chen Ming-huang, as he tightened ropes on his boat in Kaohsiung harbour. “In the worst case scenario the ropes might snap and my boat could drift away.” The transport ministry said 85 domestic flights and nine international ones had been cancelled for Wednesday, with boats to outlying islands also stopped.
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