Monday, September 22, 2014

Fung-wong Floods Philippines, Taiwan

By , Senior Meteorologist
September 22,2014; 9:27PM,EDT
 
 
As Tropical Storm Fung-wong moves into China, weather conditions will improve farther south across much of Taiwan on Tuesday, despite having a few showers and thunderstorms remain.
Fung-wong (called Mario in the Philippines) made landfall in northeastern Luzon Island on Friday (local time) and unleashed torrential rain across the entire island. After flooding the northern Philippines, Fung-wong turned to the north and targeted Taiwan with a deluge of rainfall.
In the Philippines, 11 people are dead as of 6:00 pm Sunday, local time, reports the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council of the Philippines. Two people remain missing.
Among the dead is a two-year-old girl from Quezon City who died from drowning. An infant boy, aged one month, died after being hit by an uprooted tree.
The storm affected more than 870,000 people across the Philippines and as many as 206,000 people are reported to be in 403 evacuation centers during the height of the storm. That includes those in Metro Manila, the capital of the Philippines, as widespread flooding unfolded.
The storm damaged or destroyed more than 2,000 homes across the northern Philippines.
Trapped residents are rescued to safety after heavy monsoon rains spawned by Tropical Storm Fung-wong flooded Marikina city, east of Manila, Philippines, and most parts of the metropolis Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
As the storm approached late last week, AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Jim Andrews warned, "There can be 10-20 inches of rain as a storm total in the hardest-hit locations, most likely southwest Luzon into Baguio. This is the pattern to get a lot of rain in Manila due to a southwest wind."
Since then, weather observations from downtown Manila indicate that 194 millimeters (7.64 inches) of rain fell from late Thursday through Saturday (local time). In nearby Quezon City, rain amounts exceeded 414 millimeters (16 inches). Farther north, Baguio received about 500 millimeters (20 inches) of rain.
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As Fung-wong moved farther north, rainfall across the Philippines diminished while rain across Taiwan increased in intensity.
Through Monday, local time, Pingtung County in southern Taiwan appears to be the hardest-hit area in terms of rainfall. The Taiwan Central Weather Bureau reports that several locations in the county have received over 500 millimeters (20 inches) of rain.
The Central Weather Bureau reported a wind gust to 140 kph (87 mph) in Pengjiayu, a small island just to the north of mainland Taiwan. On the southern tip of the country, winds gusted to 100 kph (61 mph). The South China Morning Post reports that more than 40,000 households in southern and northeastern Taiwan were without power.

Now that Fung-wong is moving north of Taiwan, heavy rain and strong winds have diminished. However, Fung-wong will target eastern China, South Korea and Japan this week as it brings potentially flooding rainfall.
Meteorologists Eric Leister and Adam Douty contributed to this story

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