The typhoon is expected to make landfall in northern Taiwan on Monday evening after affecting Japan’s southern Ryukyu islands.
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It is packing maximum sustained winds of 184 kph, with gusts reaching 227 kph, according to the CWB.
“Rainfall could easily exceed 600 mm (2 feet) in the northern mountains of Taiwan“, stated AccuWeather Meteorologist Adam Douty.
After barreling across Taiwan, Dujuan will take aim at eastern China.
Residents of coastal regions in Taiwan have been warned to be wary of “rogue waves” as Typhoon Dujuan nears the country. The wind speed is likely to be more than 210 kilometers per hour (130 mph), which makes it a Category 4 hurricane.
Taiwan is used to encounters with typhoons, and so far this year the island has been buffeted by at least three other typhoons. Dujuan is another large and intense typhoon, with another threat of extreme rainfall, flooding, landslides, as well as damage from category 3 strength winds.
Fishing boats in Wenling City, east China’s Zhejiang Province, return to the port after the alarm of super typhoon was issued by the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters on Sunday, September 27, 2015.
However, she said that rain in western, central and northeastern areas would accumulate quickly between late afternoon today and tomorrow morning, as the center of Dujuan is expected to move across Taiwan after landfall.
There are no catastrophe bonds at risk from typhoon losses in Taiwan or China, but there could be an insurance impact that may worry some reinsurance companies.
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However, she said that the typhoon is forecast to weaken slightly as it approaches Taiwan because of geographical factors and cold air from the north.
