Taipei City, Taiwan - October 31, 2024 STORYLINE Heavy rains and high winds lashed Taiwan on Thursday as the largest storm to hit the island in nearly three decades made landfall along its southeast coast, killing at least one person and injuring dozens. Typhoon Kong-rey packed winds approaching 200 kilometres per hour (125 mph), equivalent to a Category 3 Atlantic hurricane, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre (JTWC), as it made landfall in Taitung county on Thursday afternoon. Kong-rey’s radius of maximum wind – how far the strongest winds are from its centre—measured 320 kilometres (nearly 200 miles) on Wednesday evening, making it the largest storm to hit Taiwan since Typhoon Herb in 1996, said Chang Chun-yao, a forecaster with the island’s Central Weather Administration (CWA). Video Location: Taiwan,Taipei [RESTRICTIONS: Credit X/cjuroz]