According to the Taiwan Weather Administration (China) CWA, the eye of storm Gaemi - storm number 3 in the 2024 storm season in the Pacific - made landfall near Nam Ao commune, Yilan district, northeastern Taiwan. (China) at 0:00 local time on July 25.
According to the Philippine Astronomical, Geophysical and Atmospheric Administration, at 3 a.m. this morning, July 25, the storm's center was at about 24.8 degrees north latitude, 121.3 degrees east longitude, with maximum sustained winds. is 150 km/h near the center and jerks up to 250 km/h. The storm is moving north at a speed of 20 km/h.
CWA said that super typhoon Gaemi still covers Taiwan (China) and the Penghu archipelago with continuously intensifying wind and rain.
According to the Emergency Operations Center (CEOC) and local authorities, at least 3 people died and 227 were injured when storm Gaemi strengthened and made landfall. Across Taiwan (China), 8,569 people were temporarily relocated by local authorities as part of storm prevention measures.
Schools, offices and tourist attractions across Taiwan are closed. Airlines said that many flights to Japan, China and other destinations in the region were canceled on July 25.
Shelters have been opened in vulnerable areas, especially in mountainous central and eastern Taiwan, which are prone to landslides and floods.
Meanwhile, according to AP, although it did not make landfall in the Philippines, Typhoon Gaemi brought heavy rain and caused floods that killed at least 13 people.
Streets were flooded in many towns and cities, and dozens of landslides occurred, displacing at least 600,000 people.
The bodies of a pregnant woman and three children were found on the morning of July 24 after a landslide buried a shack in the countryside of the mountainside town of Agoncillo in Batangas province.
Philippine Coast Guard spokesman Rear Admiral Armando Balilo said they had received many rescue requests from residents of the capital. Some people even waited on the roof.
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered authorities to speed up efforts to deliver food and aid to isolated rural villages. “People there may not have eaten for days,” Mr. Marcos said in an emergency meeting.
In densely populated areas around the Philippine capital, government offices and schools were suspended after rain flooded many areas.
In Marikina city on the eastern edge of the Manila area, strong currents in a large river swept away a steel shipping container, a refrigerator and trees.
"Everyone, please stay calm. We are doing everything we can. The local government will not abandon you" - said Mayor Jeannie Sandoval of Malabon.
More than 350 passengers, cargo truck drivers and workers were stranded at seaports after ferries and cargo ships were banned from entering rough seas, the Philippine Coast Guard said.
According to the latest storm forecast , the storm's impact is expected to continue through July 26 as the storm moves northwest toward mainland China.
In Fujian province on China's east coast, ferry routes were suspended and all trains stopped on July 25, according to Xinhua News Agency.
