Typhoon Podul slams into southern Taiwan, hundreds of flights cancelled
- Typhoon Podul, also known as Gorio, made landfall on August 13 near Taitung and Hualien counties in southern Taiwan, bringing heavy rain and strong winds.
- Authorities scrambled on August 12 to evacuate nearly 700 residents downstream of a natural dam formed after a previous typhoon-triggered landslide to prevent overflow risks.
- The storm carried gusts up to 215 kph and sustained winds of 155 kph as it moved west-northwest at 25 kph, while heavy rainfall of up to 600mm was forecast in southern mountainous areas.
- Mr. Chu Chung-jui urged residents downstream to obey government evacuation orders amid warnings of possible flash floods and landslides due to more than a year's rainfall falling in one week.
- Podul was expected to weaken after crossing Taiwan's Central Mountain Range and then hit China's Fujian Province, while disrupted flights and supply shortages occurred in affected areas.
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In the middle of typhoon Podul, which strikes Taiwan, the freighter of the UPS airline, crossed the track with its fourth engine at Taoyuanen International Airport in Taipei. The aircraft suffered damage to the engine and fuselage.
Tropical Storm Podul makes landfall in China after raking Taiwan as typhoon
By Akio Wang Typhoon Podul weakened to a severe tropical storm when it roared ashore in southeastern China early Thursday, state media said, after carving a path across Taiwan, shutting down businesses, grounding flights and knocking out power to thousands of homes. This picture, taken and released by Taiwan’s Central News Agency (CNA) on August 13, 2025, shows waves generated by Typhoon Podul breaking along the coast in Taitung, Taiwan. Photo: …
Closed shops, cancelled flights and thousands of households without electricity: Typhoon "Podul" struck Taiwan on Wednesday. A person was missing, 112 people were injured, as the authorities reported. The typhoon headed for Taiwan with wind gusts of up to 178 kilometers per hour before it hit the district of Taitung. When "Podul" met land on early Thursday morning (local time) in southeastern China, he had already weakened to a severe tropical s…
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Storm makes landfall in China after raking Taiwan as typhoon
Typhoon Podul weakened to a severe tropical storm when it roared ashore in southeastern China early Thursday, state media said, after carving a path across Taiwan, shutting down businesses, grounding flights and knocking out power to thousands of homes.
The typhoon "Podul" caused serious damage in Taiwan.
Typhoon Podul lashes southern Taiwan leaving one person missing
Typhoon Podul has blown through Taiwan's south with winds as powerful as 191km/h (118mph), leaving one person missing, forcing thousands of people to evacuate, schools to close, and hundreds of flights to be cancelled. The typhoon made landfall on Wednesday, slamming into the southeastern city of Taitung at about 1pm (05:00 GMT), passing through the southern tip of the island and then passing into the Taiwan Strait some five hours later, Taiwan'…
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