Krathon becomes 1st recorded typhoon to land in Kaohsiung in October

Typhoon Krathon is now the first storm on record to make landfall in Kaohsiung in the month of October, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said Thursday, after it reported that the eye of the storm had come ashore in the southern city at 12:40 p.m.

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