Typhoon Sarika not expected to affect Taiwan

This year's No. 21 tropical storm has developed into a typhoon named Sarika at 9:00 p.m. Thursday, but the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) does not expect it to affect Taiwan as it was moving west through Luzon into the South China Sea.

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