Photos by MJ Klein
HUKOU, TAIWAN
This was never supposed to happen. The typhoon was supposed to miss us and head up to Japan. But instead, typhoon Sinlaku parked itself just off of Taiwan’s east coast and then went on to scoop up moisture from the Pacific ocean and dump it on Taiwan in the form of heavy rains. The presence of this powerful typhoon has ruined plans for celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival for millions of Taiwan residents.
View facing east
View facing west
Although this storm looks disorganized when the sky is viewed by eye, radar clearly shows that this storm is still very well organized and quite powerful:
From Typhoon 2000:
“SINLAKU has completed its Eyewall Replacement Cycle (ERC)
with the diminishment of its inner eyewall, thus further re-strengthe-
ning of its wind speed is expected tomorrow, bringing it back to Cate-
gory 4 status. The new eye now measures approximately 110 km across.
The new northern eyewall (from the ERC) continues to lash the Yaeyama
Island Chain with very strong winds and heavy rainfall. Its inner
bands on the other hand has been covering the eastern part of Tai-
wan…while the outer bands remains across the rest of Taiwan. Cloudy
skies w/ at times moderate to heavy squalls with winds not exceeding
95 km/hr can be expected along its outer bands, with increasing winds
and more pronounce rainfall within the inner bands. 1-day rainfall
accumulations of up to 200-400 mm can be expected along these bands.
Deteriorating weather conditions can be expected along Northern Taiwan
as the core slowly approaches. Residents in low-lying areas & steep
slopes must seek evacuation for possible life-threatening flash floods
& landslides due to the anticipated heavy rains brought about by this
system. Precautionary measures must be initiated if necessary. Possible
coastal Storm Surge flooding of 9 to 12 feet above normal tide levels
…along with large and dangerous battering waves can be expected near
and to the north of SINLAKU’s projected path particularly on where
the center passes by in Yaeyama Islands. Extensive damage is possible
on this type of storm surge.”
The worst is yet to come as this storm regroups off Taiwan’s east coast and gains strength.
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September 13th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
Wow… you’re getting a typhoon now and right now Texas is dealing with Hurricane Ike. Huge hurricane. Made landfall around Galveston. Winds was storm surge being felt as far away as Mobile, AL. There were towns to the southwest of Galveston that were underwater 12 hours BEFORE the hurricane made landfall. Estimated 4 million people in the Houston area without power.
I’ll send you an e-mail with some radar loop images that I saved Friday night before the hurroicane made landfall and Saturday morning after the hurricane made landfall. They are saying that Hurricen Ike can dump 15 to 20 inches (38 to 51cm) of rain.
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mike01905
reply on September 13th, 2008 9:07 pm:
Also… Hurricane Ike was a very strong Category 2 hurricane with winds of 110mph (177kph). Hurricane force winds could be felt uo to 100miles (161km) from the center pf the storm and Tropical Storm force winds could be felt up to 200 miles (322km) from the center of the storm.
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thenhbushman
reply on September 14th, 2008 9:47 am:
mike01905 » i heard people chatting about Ike but knew nothing about it (as we have our own hurricane issues to deal with). this morning, all seems calm here. so it remains to be see what’s going to happen later today.
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