Taiwan curtails annual war games as Typhoon Gaemi barrels towards island
Tuesday, 23 July 2024 Gaemi, the first typhoon of the season to affect Taiwan, is expected to make landfall on the northeast coast between sometime on Wednesday night and the early hours of Thursday, according to the island's Central Weather Administration.
Flooding in the street of Kaohsiung after Typhoon Gaemi passed through Taiwan overnight, leaving two dead. Heavy rains and strong gusts continue to lash the island in Gaemi's wake.
Rescue officials in Taiwan are searching for a cargo ship with nine crew members that has sunk off its southern coast.,The Tanzania-flagged freighter had been off the southern port city of Kaohsiung..