Taiwan's Central Weather Administration says Kong-rey is the biggest typhoon in size to hit the island since 1996
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At one point a super typhoon, Kong-rey slightly weakened overnight but remained powerful as the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane packing gusts of more than 250 kph , according to Tropical Storm Risk. Administration forecaster Gene Huang said after hitting the east coast it would head towards the Taiwan Strait as a much weakened storm and urged people across the island to stay at home due to the danger of high winds.Environmental officials were working on Thursday to prevent oil leaking from a Chinese cargo ship beached against rocks on Taiwan’s northern coast after losing power in turbulent weather.
Some roofs had been damaged and more than 1,300 homes had lost power but so far no injuries had been reported, she added.
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