2011-08-29 Typhoon in Taiwan on 29 August, 2011

Emergency Obs. Request Information

  • Disaster Type: Typhoon
  • Country: Taiwan
  • Occurrence Date (UTC):
  • SA activation Date(UTC): 29 August, 2011
  • Requester: National Applied Research Laboratories (NARL)
  • Escalation to the International Charter:
  • GLIDE Number:

Disaster Situation

The Strong typhoon NANMADOL approaches Taiwan. It forces 5,000 people evacuate in southern Taiwan. The CNN anchor point out that NANMADOL is far beyond the power of Hurricane Irene which hit east of United States recently.