1000s evacuated as Typhoon Haikui heads for Taiwan; Saola weakens in southern China
Yilan, Taiwan (AFP) Sept 3, 2023
Thousands of people were evacuated in Taiwan ahead of Typhoon Haikui, with hundreds of flights cancelled and businesses closed 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 expected to make landfall by 5:00 pm (0900 GMT) in Taitung, a mountainous county in lesser-po