TAIPEI, Taiwan—A powerful typhoon was expected to hit Taiwan on Aug. 8, bringing the risk of landslides and high seas, according to weather forecasters, just hours after a magnitude-6.0 earthquake struck the island.
Typhoon Lekima, categorized at the strongest typhoon level by Taiwan’s weather bureau, was expected to approach the island’s northeastern coast. It was moving in a north-northwesterly direction at 9 miles per hour, weather officials said.
