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Tropical Storm Trami battered Taiwan with strong winds and torrential rains on Wednesday, forcing authorities to close offices and call off nearly 200 international flights.
The Central Weather Bureau said although the storm, 100 kilometres north-northeast of Taipei at 9.30am, was likely to miss the island, it would generate more heavy rainfall in the day ahead.

The bureau urged the public to be vigilant as the storm could even produce “cloudbursts” – more than 100 mm of rain per hour – in some areas.
Persistent torrential rains could lead to landslides in mountainous areas and flooding, it warned.
The storm has dumped up to 400mm of rain in some northern parts of the island since Tuesday, the bureau said, adding that the volume could surge to one metre.
Trami, with gusts of up to 137 kilometres per hour, was moving west at a speed of 25 kilometres per hour, the bureau said.

Due to strong winds and heavy rains, the Taoyuan airport in the north cancelled 195 international flights, according to the transport ministry.
All the flights and ferries between Taiwan and offshore islands were terminated while major train and high-speed rail services remained uninterrupted.
Officials at the bureau said the storm’s impact may be felt mostly from Wednesday night through early Thursday morning, as it churned towards China’s southeast Fujian province.
Financial markets were closed, while offices and schools in the north, the area mostly affected by the storm, shut down.
As part of the government’s preventive measures, the defence ministry deployed around 2,000 soldiers in some areas prone to be hit by flooding and landslides, and placed another 50,000 on stand-by.
President Ma Ying-jeou cut an overseas trip short by one day, flying back to Taiwan from a visit to the Caribbean via a stopover in the United States.
Last month Typhoon Soulik battered Taiwan with torrential rain and powerful winds, leaving two people dead and at least 100 injured.
Roofs were ripped from homes, debris and fallen trees littered the streets and some areas were submerged by floods.



Tropical Storm Trami lashes Taiwan 

A man holding an umbrella rides a motorcycle as tropical storm Trami approaches the northeastern coastal town of Nanfangao in Ilan county. Photo: Reuters

Massive waves from approaching Tropical Storm Trami slam into breakwaters near Toucheng, north eastern Taiwan, on Wednesday. Photo: AP 

Taiwan battens down after warning about tropical storm 

Taipei City Government engineering staff move an auto pay station booth in preparation for Tropical Storm Trami in Taipei on Tuesday. Photo: AFP

People holding umbrellas walk in front of a glass wall protected with tape as tropical storm Trami approaches Taiwan, in Taipei, on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters

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Tropical Storm Trami battered Taiwan with strong winds and torrential rains on Wednesday, forcing authorities to close offices and call off nearly 200 international flights.
