- Tropical cyclone KRATHON (named "Julian" in the Philippines) made landfall over the Kaohsiung city area, far south-western Taiwan on 3 October very early in the morning (UTC). On 3 October at 6.00 UTC its centre was located inland just over the the Kaohsiung city area (south-western Taiwan), with maximum sustained winds of 126 km/h (typhoon).
- Its passage very close to the northern Philippines over 29-30 September caused heavy rainfall, strong winds and storm surges resulted in floods and a number of severe weather-related incidents. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council of Philippines (NDRRMC) reports, as of 3 October, one fatality, one person missing, eight injured, 5,251 displaced and a total of nearly 200,000 affected people across northern Luzon island. In Taiwan, media and the Central Emergency Operations centre report two fatalities, 219 injured, one missing and 10,208 persons evacuated.
- KRATHON is expected to continue northward inland over Kaohsiung, Tainan, Chiayi and Yunlin Counties, western Taiwan on 3-4 October, weakening into a tropical storm.
- Over the next 48 hours, very heavy rainfall, strong winds and storms surges are forecast over the whole Taiwan.
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