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TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Schools and offices have been closed in Taiwan as a powerful typhoon approached on Thursday, October 31, 2024, bringing high winds and floods to much of the island’s east coast and northern areas.Typhoon Kong-rey was expected to make landfall on Thursday evening and was blowing at 191 kilometers per hour with gusts of up to 234 kilometers per hour.
No casualties or major property damage have been reported thus far in Taiwan from Kong-rey, which prompted villagers in northern Philippine provinces to evacuate to shelters on Wednesday, October 30.In Taiwan's capitol Taipei, rain fell heavily amid high winds, while many public services, schools and offices were closed.
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