TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- The Central Weather Bureau (CWB) at 8:30 a.m. on July 28 issued a sea warning for the Bashi Channel as Typhoon Nesat nears, and an alert has been issued for the waters off Taiwan's east and southeast coasts.
As of 8 a.m. this morning, Nesat, the ninth storm to develop in the Pacific this year, was located 540 kilometers southeast of Cape Eluanbi, the southernmost point of Taiwan, moving at a speed of 19 kph in a northwesterly direction, the bureau said.