TAITUNG, Taiwan: Nearly 3,000 people were evacuated from high-risk areas in eastern Taiwan ahead of Typhoon 'Haikui' as authorities prepared Sunday for the first tropical storm to directly hit the island in four years.
Haikui — which had already brought heavy rains by Sunday morning — is packing a sustained wind speed of about 140 kilometers (39 miles) per hour, and is expected to make landfall in Taiwan's eastern Taitung area by 5:00 pm (0900 GMT).
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