Local weather body puts storm's size as largest to hit the island since 1996.

Typhoon Kong-rey is expected to be the largest storm by size to hit Taiwan in 30 years.

TAIPEI: A strong Typhoon Kong-rey made landfall on Taiwan’s east coast on Thursday, the largest storm by size to hit the island in nearly 30 years, cl...

TAIPEI: Taiwan shut down ahead of the arrival of Super Typhoon Kong-rey on Thursday (Oct 31) with all cities and counties declaring a day off, financial markets closed and domestic flights cancelled for what is

Typhoon Kong-rey is expected to be the largest storm by size to hit Taiwan in 30 years.

Typhoon Kong-rey is expected to be the largest storm by size to hit Taiwan in 30 years.

Taiwan: Super Typhoon Kong-rey is set to hit the Island country soon. The Kong-rey intensified into Super Typhoon after it wreaked havoc in Philippines.

Typhoon Kong-rey is expected to be the largest storm by size to hit Taiwan in 30 years.

Taiwan shut offices and schools on Thursday as Super Typhoon Kong-rey neared, forcing thousands to flee from one of the most powerful storms to threaten the island in years. For more, FRANCE 24 correspondent Yena Lee reports.

A powerful typhoon made landfall in Taiwan on Thursday, killing one person and bringing high winds and floods to much of the island’s east coast and northern areas, after barreling past the northern Philippines.

Kong-rey is currently more powerful than the deadly Typhoon Gaemi, which was the strongest typhoon to hit Taiwan in eight years when it made landfall in July.

YILAN: Five-metre waves pounded Taiwan’s shores Wednesday as Super Typhoon Kong-rey drew near, with forecasters expecting the storm to hit the island ...

Typhoon Kong-rey slammed into Taiwan on Thursday as one of the biggest storms to hit the island in decades, whipping up 10-metre waves, triggering floods and claiming at least one life.

A powerful typhoon has made landfall in Taiwan, killing one person and bringing high winds and floods to much of the island’s east coast and northern areas.

Typhoon Kong-rey hits Taiwan, causing one death, high winds, floods, and evacuations, while sparing the Philippines from casualties.

Taiwan authorities reported one death and 73 injuries from the storm as of Thursday afternoon.

Typhoon Kong-rey slammed into Taiwan on Thursday as one of the biggest storms to hit the island in decades, whipping up 10-metre waves, triggering floods and claiming at least one life.

Taipei: One person has been killed and 73 injured after where Typhoon Kong-rey, one of the most powerful storms  made landfall in Taiwan. A 56-year-old

Taiwan shut down on Thursday as Super Typhoon Kong-rey neared, forcing thousands to flee from one of the most powerful storms to threaten the island in years.

A powerful typhoon has made landfall in Taiwan, killing one person and bringing high winds and floods to much of the island’s east coast and northern areas.

The storm is forecast to make landfall on the mountainous and sparsely populated east coast today, according to Taiwan's Central Weather Administration.

Fierce winds and torrential rain lashed Taiwan on Thursday as Super Typhoon Kong-rey neared, forcing thousands to flee from one of the most powerful storms to threaten the island in years. The fast-moving Kong-rey was expected to make landfall within hours along the lightly populated, mountainous east coast where many…

A Taipei-bound Singapore Airlines flight was diverted to Hong Kong due to weather conditions. 

BEIJING: China's financial hub Shanghai is bracing for potentially the worst rains in more than 40 years as Typhoon Kong-rey looks set to arrive from the south to sweep along the eastern coast over t

BEIJING: China's financial hub Shanghai is bracing for potentially the worst rains in more than 40 years as Typhoon Kong-rey looks set to arrive from the south to sweep along the eastern coast over t