"Kuraton," a powerful typhoon, heading north...Taiwan's School Closure and Evacuation Order

In Taiwan, where super-powerful typhoon "Kuraton" is expected to hit, schools have been closed and hundreds of people have been evacuated, local broadcasters reported.

Taiwan's Meteorological Administration predicted that a typhoon moving north at a very slow speed of 7 km/h would hit Kaohsiung tomorrow morning (2nd) and then dump up to 1,000 mm of heavy rain in mountainous areas.Taiwan's president,

Lyinger, said the typhoon was similar to Morakot, a typhoon that caused 386 missing people in 2009.

In the Philippines, where the typhoon passed earlier, more than 2,000 people were evacuated, and airfields and hangars were flooded.

Typhoon "Kuraton" was expected to come to Korea, but it is expected to move westward more slowly than expected, weakening its power significantly after passing Taiwan.