The China Meteorological Administration (CWA) issued an unprecedented warning of an unprecedented overland typhoon for the entire island's major urban area on the morning of July 6, as Typhoon No. 2 today suddenly intensified and headed straight into the Taiwan Strait (China).
From only 6 initial warning points, the number has skyrocketed to 20 localities in less than 12 hours. All 6 major cities including Taipei, Tan Bac, Dao Vien, Tai Trung, Tai Nam, and Kaohsiung are included in the danger zone. People are required to be ready for extreme heavy rain, strong gusts of wind and the possibility of interruption of activities in the next 48 hours.
The CWA confirmed at 11am on July 6 that today, Danas has strengthened into a strong tropical storm, with sustained winds of 119 km/h, gusting up to 155 km/h. The center of the storm at 1:00 p.m. was determined to be only 210km southwest of the Penghu archipelago, moving north-northeast at a speed of 19-23 km/h.
CWA typhoon forecaster Wu Wan-hua said that today's storm " tides" will be strongest from the afternoon of July 6 to the morning of July 7, moving close to the west coast of Taiwan (China) through the Strait, causing widespread heavy rain and strong gusts of wind in mountainous and coastal areas.
The meteorological agency forecasts that the rain will increase rapidly this afternoon and evening in areas such as Taitung, Hoa Lien, Nghi Lan, in which the mountainous areas of Kaohsiung and Binh Dong may record extremely heavy rain, even local flash floods.
Due to the direct impact of storm No. 2 Danas in the Northern region from tonight, Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an will urgently meet with leaders of Tan Bac, Co Long and Dao Vien at 8:00 p.m. to decide whether to stop studying and working on July 7.
Meanwhile, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Typhoon Today could return to the Philippine Forecast Area (PAR) on the night of July 6 or early morning of July 7, after intensifying off the Batanes.
PAGASA warned of rough seas with waves as high as 4.5 m in Batanes and Babuyan, warning small boats and fishing boats not to go to sea under any circumstances.
On the same day, the storm forecast bulletin of the Vietnam National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said that at 1:00 p.m. on July 6, the center of storm No. 2 was at about 22.1 degrees north latitude; 118.8 degrees east longitude, in the northeastern sea area of the North East Sea.
The strongest wind near the storm center is level 11-12 (103-133km/h), gusting to level 15. Mobility: North Northeast. speed: about 15 km/h.
At 1pm on July 7, the storm is forecast to continue moving north-northeast at a speed of 20-25 km/h, entering the waters of Fujian province (China), maintaining an intensity of level 11, gusting to level 14. Natural disaster risk level: level 3 in the northeastern sea area of the North East Sea.
By 1:00 p.m. on July 8, the storm gradually moved slowly in the North-Northeast direction, then turned northwest at a speed of 10-15 km/h and began to weaken. The location will then be in the waters of Zhejiang province (China), with a drop in intensity to level 9, gusting to level 11.
By 1:00 p.m. on July 9, the storm continued to weaken into a low pressure area over the mainland of Zhejiang Province (China), with an intensity below level 6.
