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Where Is Typhoon Krathon Headed, and What Makes It So Unusual?
TaiwanPlus News
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10/2/2024
Typhoon Krathon's slow pace and direction of approach are taking meteorologists and storm chasers by surprise. We break down where the typhoon's headed and the forces making it such an unusual weather event for Taiwan.
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Typhoon Graton is proving to be quite the interesting storm.
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It was expected to make landfall
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on the southern city of Kaohsiung on Wednesday morning,
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but as we can see, as of Wednesday evening,
00:12
it's still hovering off the southwest coast of Taiwan,
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and that's because this storm
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has been moving incredibly slowly,
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sometimes as slow as seven kilometers per hour.
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Now, the storm is expected to make landfall
00:27
either late on Wednesday
00:28
or early Thursday morning in Taiwan's south.
00:32
It's then going to move up Taiwan's west coast
00:35
through cities like Tainan and Taichung,
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eventually reaching Taiwan's north by late on Friday.
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Now, this typhoon was downgraded
00:46
from a super typhoon to a regular typhoon,
00:49
but meteorologists are still warning
00:51
that the slow pace of this storm
00:53
could mean that rainfall hovers over areas
00:56
of the country for longer than usual,
00:58
increasing the risk of severe floods.
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Now, this storm is particularly interesting
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for several reasons.
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One of those is the direction
01:08
at which it's approaching and striking Taiwan.
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It's coming in from the Pacific through the Bassy Strait
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and whipping around to strike Taiwan in the south,
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whereas most typhoons usually come in
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and strike Taiwan directly on the east coast.
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Now, another reason that this is particularly interesting
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is the slow pace at which it's moving,
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and that's because the storm is being pulled
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both southwards and northwards at the same time,
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with that northern pull being slightly stronger
01:40
and pulling it up towards Taiwan's southwest coast.
01:44
Another reason this storm is interesting
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is that it's expected to actually dissipate over Taiwan
01:51
instead of moving on towards China, Korea, or Japan,
01:56
as is typical.
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Now, this storm is expected to bring a lot of wind
02:00
and a lot of rain, and given how unusual
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and unpredictable this storm is,
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people are being warned to take every precaution
02:09
that they can to stay safe.
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