Typhoon Kong-rey is growing in speed and intensity as it heads toward Taiwan, where many people are stocking up in advance ahead of what would be the third typhoon to make landfall this year. The storm's approach is occurring relatively late in the season.
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00:00Residents in Taipei are stocking up, as Typhoon Kongrui inches towards Taiwan, bearing winds
00:06of 150 kilometres per hour.
00:23Local produce will be scarce and expensive if Kongrui hits as predicted in just a couple
00:28of days. The country's farms are still recovering from two typhoons in the last few months.
00:34Residents of east coast cities in the storm's path, like Hualien, have been warned of danger
00:39to property and life due to strong winds and torrential rain.
00:43The popular tourist destination is struggling to return to normalcy after being struck by
00:47a 7.2 magnitude quake in April. Now, it has had to postpone concerts organised to boost
00:54visitor numbers.
01:10Many people along this coast had assumed Taiwan's typhoon season was over. It's rare
01:15for a storm this size to hit this late in the year.
01:282024 has already proved to be the most devastating typhoon season in Taiwan for years. At least
01:3414 people were killed and damages to property and infrastructure were in the hundreds of
01:39millions of US dollars.
01:41Still quite a distance from Taiwan, Kongrui's exact path and impact are hard to predict.
01:47But many here are hoping that this late arrival would not bring any other surprises.
01:52Eason Chen and Rick Glowat for Taiwan Plus.