Satellite image taken from the Central Weather Bureau

Taipei, June 30 (CNA) EVA Airways and Tigerair Taiwan announced Saturday that flights between Taiwan and Okinawa in Japan will be canceled on Sunday due to Tropical Storm Prapiroon.

EVA Air flights BR112, BR186, BR113 and BR185 between Taoyuan and Okinawa will be canceled, as well as Tigerair Taiwan flights IT232, IT233, IT2232 and IT2233 between the two destinations.

Tigerair Taiwan flights IT288 and IT289 between Kaohsiung and Okinawa will also be canceled, according to the budget carrier.

As of 2 p.m. Saturday, Prapiroon was centered about 500 kilometers east of Taipei, moving at a speed of 22 kilometers per hour in a north-northwesterly direction, Central Weather Bureau (CWB) data showed.

With a radius of 100 kilometers, the storm was carrying maximum sustained winds of 90 kph, with gusts of up to 119 kph, according to the CWB.

(By Lee Hsin-Yin)
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