Hong Kong : Vietnam and Taiwan are bracing for twin cyclones which are expected to make landfall over the weekend.
Tropical Storm Conson is forecast to bring flooding rains to Vietnam this weekend while Super Typhoon Chanthu is expected to bring damaging winds and extremely heavy rainfall to Taiwan this weekend.
Super Typhoon Chanthu to make landfall across Taiwan this weekend
Taiwan issued a sea and land warning for Pingtung and Taitung Country on Friday ahead of Super Typhoon Chanthu. Chanthu is a very strong and destructive storm with sustained winds of 260 kph (160 mph) as of Friday evening. This makes Chanthu equivalent in strength to a Category 5 Atlantic hurricane.
Chanthu formed on September 6, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC). The storm then underwent one of the most extreme bouts of rapid-intensification ever recorded, by increasing 80 knots in wind speed in just 24 hours on September 7. Rapid intensification is when a storm gains at least 30 knots (35 mph) in wind speed within 24 hours.
