Tens of
thousands of
homes lose power in
Taiwan as
Typhoon Megi hits



People in
Taiwan boarded up their houses and braced for the arrival of
Typhoon Megi 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.
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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.
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