Several local governments have announced work and class suspensions for
tomorrow, November 12th, as a result of Tropical Storm Fung-Wong, which
continues to approach Taiwan.

Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Chiayi County, Miaoli County, and Penghu County
will all suspend work and classes all day Wednesday, citing strong winds and
heavy rain.

Meanwhile, work and classes will be on as normal for Taipei City, New Taipei,
Keelung, Taoyuan, Hsinchu County, as conditions there do not meet the
suspension threshold.

Authorities are urging residents across the island to stay alert for sudden
weather changes.

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Forecasters say the storm has been weakening ... and is expected to make
landfall in Kaohsiung or Pingtung Wednesday evening ... making history as the
second storm ever on record to make landfall in Taiwan in the month of
November.

It's then expected to sweep across the island, exiting near Taitung early
Thursday morning, likely weakening into a tropical depression as it goes.

As of 8:30 PM, the storm was located about 270 kilometers west-southwest of
Taiwan's southernmost tip, Eluanbi, and is drifting north-northeast at around
8 to 23 kilometers per hour.

It's packing maximum sustained winds of around 90 kilometers per hour near
its centre with gusts of up to 120 kilometers per hour.

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At Taoyuan International Airport, airport officials say all 714 flights
scheduled for tomorrow are expected to operate as planned ... and that flood
preventive measures are in place.

However, all domestic flights ... as well as some international flights at
other airports scheduled for tomorrow have been cancelled ... as a result of
the storm.

That includes UNI Air, Mandarin Airlines ... China Airlines, EVA Airways, as
well as Tigerair Taiwan and Cathay Pacific, which all announced the
cancellation or rescheduling of flights, mostly departing or landing in
Kaohsiung.

Meanwhile, The Kinmen County Port Affairs Office said that ferry services
between Kinmen and the neighboring Chinese coastal cities of Xiamen and
Quanzhou will be suspended in both directions throughout Wednesday,

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The CWA has issued heavy rain and strong wind warnings for many cities and
counties.

Notably, a super torrential rain is in effect for Yilan County in the east,
where the accumulated rainfall in Nan-ao Township topped 750 millimeters over
the past 24 hours.

There's also red torrential rain alert for other parts of Yilan, as well as
Hualien and Taitung counties.

Strong wind alerts remain in place for the coastal areas on Taiwan's west
side and outlying Penghu and Matsu.