Typhoon Krathon strikes Orchid Island and Green Island｜Taiwan News

Eastern Taiwan is already feeling the effects of the typhoon. On Monday Orchid Island and Green Island saw waves measuring 5 to 8 meters tall. Ferries between the islands and Taitung have been suspended, and will only resume once the storm dissipates.
Huge waves crash the shores of Orchid Island, measuring as high as 8 meters. They’re caused by strong winds measuring up to 11 on the Beaufort scale, and seem to defy gravity.
On the other side of the coast, a stream flows downhill. Once it hits a rock, the water is blown upward by the strong winds, and dissipates.
The heavy storms brought by Typhoon Krathon are not to be overlooked. On Monday, Orchid Island became the first place in Taiwan to implement work and class suspensions.
Up north on Green Island, also off the east coast of Taiwan, breaking swell waves reach almost two storeys high.
The township’s patrol vehicle went around the island, finding rocks and broken twigs everywhere on the road. Along with stormwater runoffs, the driver must proceed carefully.
Some portions of the roads are already flooding and muddying.
Nanliao Street, the main street of Green Island, is completely empty. Shops and lodges have all closed in anticipation of the typhoon.
Hsieh Hsien-yu
Lyudao mayor
Where we are the waves are around 4 meters high. The patrol vehicle is making a round-trip in the island. By noon where rogue waves are expected to crash onshore, we’ll close off the roads. Green Island really is the hometown of typhoons. We grew up in fear of typhoons, and even though we’re still scared, we’ll take stronger precautions.
As Typhoon Krathon approaches, residents of outlying islands are already taking precautions. Ferries between the islands and Taitung have been suspended until Krathon leaves.
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