where the typhoon looks set to make a direct hit based on the storm's current trajectory. Ferry services between Taiwan's outlying island of Kinmen and the Chinese port city of Xiamen were also ...

Every winter in Kinmen, thousands of cormorants can be seen at dawn and dusk, forming V-shaped or straight lines in the sky as they return to their roosts. This spectacular “black-clad army” ...

All typhoon warning signals were cancelled early ... By 8am on Thursday, Meranti was 90km from Xiamen and forecast to move north-northwest over inland Fujian, weakening along the way.

Ferry services between Taiwan's outlying island of Kinmen and the Chinese port city of Xiamen were also halted. Taiwan is accustomed to frequent tropical storms from July to October, but Chang said it ...

Taiwan has suspended work and school on some outlying islands, while fishermen secured their boats as authorities warned that ...