{
  "id": 3171365,
  "title": "Heavy rain forecast as Typhoon Saudel girds towards Japan and Taiwan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/heavy-rain-forecast-as-typhoon-saudel-girds-towards-japan-and-taiwan-3171365",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-25T02:22:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2026/08/25/heavy-rain-forecast-as-typhoon-saudel-girds-towards-japan-and-taiwan"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Typhoon Saudel, a medium-strength storm, is set to make landfall in southern Japan and northern Taiwan on Tuesday, bringing heavy rain and powerful winds. The Japanese weather agency has issued a warning of destructive gusts and high seas as the typhoon approaches the Okinawa islands. Saudel is moving slowly at 20 kilometers per hour, generating maximum sustained winds of 162 kilometers per hour and gusts up to 216 kilometers per hour.\n\nResidents in affected areas are advised to remain vigilant for potential landslides, flooding, and rising rivers due to the heavy rainfall. Saudel is projected to pass to the north of Taiwan, dumping water on the northern regions starting late Thursday and continuing into Friday.\n\nIn Taiwan, one person has been reported dead, and four are missing after a tropical depression caused flooding in the cities of Tainan and Kaohsiung, which are home to over four million people. Rainfall in Kaohsiung reached nearly a meter (3.9 feet) from Sunday to Tuesday, surpassing the heavy rain from 2009's devastating Typhoon Morakot, which caused 700 deaths and $3 billion in damage.\n\nChina's National Marine Environmental Forecasting Centre has issued an orange alert, the second-highest warning level, for high waves in the eastern East China Sea, predicting wave heights ranging from 7 to 12 meters.",
  "summary": "Officials urge residents to remain on high alert for landslides, flooding and rising rivers, with typhoon gusts reaching 216kph.",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Heavy rain forecast as Typhoon Saudel girds towards Japan and Taiwan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/heavy-rain-forecast-as-typhoon-saudel-girds-towards-japan-and-taiwan",
        "published": "2026-08-25T02:22:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "Heavy rain forecast as Typhoon Saudel girds towards Japan and Taiwan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/heavy-rain-forecast-as-typhoon-saudel-girds-towards-japan-and-taiwan-3179249",
        "published": "2026-08-25T03:18:55.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}