Typhoon Doksuri reaches Taiwan after leaving destruction in Philippines

July 27, 2023 by News Desk

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High waves and heavy rain hit southern and eastern Taiwan on Thursday, closing businesses and schools, with landslide warnings issued. From 10am local time, Typhoon Doksuri, categorised at the second-strongest typhoon level by Taiwan’s weather bureau, headed towards the southern Taiwan Strait with maximum winds of 191km (118 miles) an hour. Prior to Taiwan, Doksuri had hit the Philippines with ferocious wind and rain, leaving at least six people dead and displacing thousands
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