Coastguard searches for 19 sailors who abandoned ship as Kaohsiung mayor describes storm as 'no less powerful' than 1977's ...

He likened Krathon’s intensity to that of Typhoon Thelma, which in 1977 devastated Kaohsiung and caused 37 deaths. In Kaohsiung, most stores and restaurants remained closed for a second ...

Kaohsiung officials, in urging residents to be vigilant about the weather, recalled the destruction brought by Typhoon Thelma, which in 1977 badly damaged the city and caused 37 deaths.

Officials in the key port city of Kaohsiung, set to be in the eye of the storm, told people to stay home and avoid the sea, rivers and mountains, warning of a repeat of 1977’s Typhoon Thelma ...

was the first to hit the densely populated western plains since Typhoon Thelma in 1977. Kong-rey followed on Nov. 1, a Category 4-equivalent system that was nearly 200 miles wide in diameter ...