Taiwan evacuated nearly 8,300 people from coastal and mountainous areas and closed schools as a tropical storm was expected to lash the island’s south on Wednesday.
Fung-wong had super typhoon strength when it battered the Philippines on Sunday, causing flooding, landslides, power outages, and at least 27 deaths. It was still holding tropical storm strength on Wednesday morning but was expected to continue losing wind speed and size as it moved towards Taiwan.
