Typhoon Krathon made landfall in Kaohsiung 🇹🇼 (2024-10-03)

Get an impression of the power of a typhoon making landfall at a big city. The video footage was compiled from social media posts, mostly from the platform X.

The eye of Typhoon Krathon made landfall near Kaohsiung's Siaogang District in the south of Taiwan at 12:40 p.m. on Thursday 2024-10-03, according to the Central Weather Administration (CWA). The slow-moving storm was reaching maximum sustained winds of 126 km/h, with gusts of up to
162 km/h, CWA data showed. The last recorded storm to make landfall in Kaohsiung was Typhoon Thelma in July 1977.

Video footage is courtesy of citizen reporters on social media. Thanks for your contributions!

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