CWB may lift sea alert for Typhoon Mawar Wednesday night

Typhoon Mawar is picking up speed in the seas east of Taiwan, as it continues to batter the East Coast. The storm is barreling north-northeast at 8 kilometers per hour, doubling its earlier speed. The Central Weather Bureau says it may lift its sea alert as early as Wednesday night or early Thursday morning.

As Mawar sweeps through, the northeast and northern mountainous areas will see downpours Wednesday and Thursday, with a chance of localized extremely heavy rains. The East Coast will see heavy rains, which will persist until Friday, even after the typhoon retreats. Also be on the alert for powerful winds. Orchid Island is in line for hurricane-force gusts of 12 on the Beaufort scale. Over at Green Island, winds could hit 11 on the scale. As the storm moves north, wind speeds are expected to intensify in the western half of the island.

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