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09-27-2016, 12:40 PM
Tens of thousands of homes lose power in Taiwan as Typhoon Megi hits
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People in Taiwan boarded up their houses and braced for the arrival of Typhoon Megi (http://mashable.com/2016/09/26/typhoon-megi-hits-taiwan/) on Tuesday, its third typhoon in two weeks.
Authorities evacuated more than 5,000 people from their homes and hundreds of flights were cancelled.
By **on, the power was k**cked out in some 36,000 residences, reports AFP (http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/taiwan-shuts-down-as-typhoon-megi-strikes/3159296.html).
SEE ALSO: Terrifying videos show Super Typhoon Meranti flipping fences in Taiwan (http://mashable.com/2016/09/14/super-typhoon-meranti-hits-taiwan/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
The Category 3 storm is unusually large and came packing maximum sustained winds of 115 miles per hour (185 km/h).
On the east coast, the cities of Hualien and Taitung were right in the path of the typhoon as it made landfall. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/27/typhoon-megi-taiwan/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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People in Taiwan boarded up their houses and braced for the arrival of Typhoon Megi (http://mashable.com/2016/09/26/typhoon-megi-hits-taiwan/) on Tuesday, its third typhoon in two weeks.
Authorities evacuated more than 5,000 people from their homes and hundreds of flights were cancelled.
By **on, the power was k**cked out in some 36,000 residences, reports AFP (http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/taiwan-shuts-down-as-typhoon-megi-strikes/3159296.html).
SEE ALSO: Terrifying videos show Super Typhoon Meranti flipping fences in Taiwan (http://mashable.com/2016/09/14/super-typhoon-meranti-hits-taiwan/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
The Category 3 storm is unusually large and came packing maximum sustained winds of 115 miles per hour (185 km/h).
On the east coast, the cities of Hualien and Taitung were right in the path of the typhoon as it made landfall. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/27/typhoon-megi-taiwan/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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