Typhoon Gaemi

September 13, 2024 12:54 PM

As storm Bebinca approaches, Taiwan uses AI to predict typhoon paths

As tropical storm Bebinca barrels towards waters off northern Taiwan gathering strength into a possible typhoon, weather forecasters in Taipei are using a new and so far successful method to help track its path - artificial intelligence (AI). AI-generated forecasts, some powered by software from tech giants including Nvidia, whose chips are made by Taiwan's homegrown semiconductor champion TSMC, have so far outperformed traditional methods in predicting typhoon tracks. In July, it was AI-based...

August 2, 2024 4:55 PM

Rescuers in China race to find the missing, seal dykes after deadly floods

Rescuers in China scrambled on Friday to locate dozens of people still missing a week after the year's most powerful typhoon roared into the southern province of Hunan, while emergency workers rushed to seal breached dykes on swollen rivers. Even before Typhoon Gaemi hit on July 25, China was roiled by months of extreme weather that pummelled southern provinces with record rain and parched northern regions with heat waves. Weather officials are warning of more harsh weather in August. The city...

July 26, 2024 5:11 PM

Typhoon Gaemi lashes China after pounding Taiwan, Philippines

Typhoon Gaemi pummelled towns on China's coastal Fujian province on Friday with heavy rains and strong winds as the most powerful storm to hit the country this year began its widely watched trek into the populous interior. The storm has affected almost 630,000 people in China's Fujian so far, with almost half of them having to be relocated, Xinhua news agency reported. Earlier this week, it killed dozens of people as it swept through Taiwan and worsened seasonal rains in the Philippines. Gaemi...

July 25, 2024 10:45 AM

Two dead as Typhoon Gaemi hits Taiwan, sinks freighter

Typhoon Gaemi swept through northern Taiwan on Thursday, killing two people, triggering flooding and sinking a freighter offshore before heading across the sea and into China where it is expected to dump more torrential rain. Gaemi made landfall around midnight (1600 GMT Wednesday) on the northeastern coast of Taiwan in Yilan county. It is the strongest typhoon to hit the island in eight years and was packing gusts of up to 227 kph (141 mph) before weakening, according to the Central Weather Ad...