Typhoon Doksuri Smacks Southern Taiwan as China Braces for Landfall

Typhoon Doksuri Smacks Southern Taiwan as China Braces for Landfall
Sea waves near the coast in Linbian in western Pingtung County on July 26, 2023, as Typhoon Doksuri past southern Taiwan. Johnson Liu/AFP via Getty Images
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TAIPEI—Typhoon Doksuri toppled trees and cut power to hundreds of thousands of homes in southern Taiwan, prompting authorities to shut business for a second day and warn of extreme winds as the storm makes its final push to southeastern China on Friday.

As of 7:15 a.m. (23:15 GMT) Typhoon Doksuri, categorized at the second-strongest typhoon level by Taiwan’s weather bureau, headed towards China’s southeastern province of Fujian after crossing the Taiwan Strait with maximum winds of 191 kmh (118 mph).