Taiwan braces for powerful typhoon along southwest coast

Residents in Kaohsiung prepared for Typhoon Krathon on Tuesday (October 1), one day ahead of its predicted landfall in the area. - REUTERS

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00:00We have to secure the boat and store away the canvases, otherwise they will be damaged.

00:27So we store them away, and the equipment has to be tightened a bit more securely.

00:31After this, we also can control what happens.

00:36We have prepared emergency food supplies and electric torches at home.

00:40I hope that the electricity won't be cut, and also that the workers from the electricity

00:45company are safe, because during the typhoon, they have to come out and do maintenance so

00:51that everyone has power.