Massive Typhoon Megi engulfs Taiwan, aims at Chinese mainland next
 

Massive Typhoon Megi engulfs Taiwan, aims at Chinese mainland next
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Typhoon Megi, an unusually large storm, is about to wrap the entirety of Taiwan within its swirling winds, high waves and flooding rains.*

The storm, which was packing maximum sustained winds of 115 miles per hour as of Monday evening eastern time, was poised to make landfall along Taiwan's east-central coast on mid-to-late after**on Tuesday, local time. This makes it a Category 3-equivalent storm.

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The storm is the fifth to make landfall in Taiwan (or come close e**ugh to affect the island) *so far this year.*

The biggest risk from the storm may be heavy rainfall, since Taiwan's mountai**us terrain is **torious for wringing out many feet of rainfall from landfalling storms.* Read more...

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