3,000 people are evacuated from Taiwan as Typhoon Fung-wong moves in.

Taiwan has recently evacuated over 3,000 people (with one report noting 3,337) ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Fung-wong (which was classified as a tropical storm as it approached Taiwan and was losing intensity).

Here are the key details based on the latest reports:

Evacuation Date: The evacuations took place on Tuesday, November 11, 2025 (based on the current time and available information).

Areas Affected: The evacuations were ordered in vulnerable areas of four counties and cities, particularly near the eastern township of Guangfu in Hualien County.

Reason for Concern: Hualien was particularly vulnerable because it was recently hit by another typhoon in September, which caused flooding that killed 18 people.

Typhoon Status: While Fung-wong had weakened from a Super Typhoon, it was still expected to dump large amounts of rain on Taiwan’s mountainous east coast. It was forecast to make landfall on the southwestern coast near Kaohsiung.

Prior Impact: Before reaching Taiwan, the storm was a much stronger system and killed at least 18 people and displaced over 1.4 million in the Philippines.

The priority is to minimize casualties and damage from the heavy rainfall and potential flooding.

Reuters, Taipei, November 11 In anticipation of Typhoon Fung-wong, which is predicted to bring heavy rains to Taiwan’s hilly east coast, which was recently hit by another typhoon, the island nation evacuated almost 3,000 residents on Tuesday and issued a land alert.

The weakened Fung-wong is projected to make land on Wednesday on the island’s southwestern coast around the key port of Kaohsiung, after it killed 18 people while ripping through the Philippines as a considerably stronger system.

The mayor of the city, Chen Chi-mai, warned reporters, “We cannot reduce our guard even though Fung-wong has been downgraded to a mild typhoon.”

On his Facebook site, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te warned citizens to steer clear of the highlands, the shoreline and other potentially dangerous locations.

66 flights, primarily domestic, were canceled Tuesday, according to the transport ministry.

Along the coast of the sparsely populated eastern counties of Taitung and Hualien, Fung-wong is predicted to traverse the bottom portion of Taiwan and enter the Pacific Ocean.

In September, a storm caused flooding in Hualien that claimed 18 lives.

3,337 people in four counties and cities have been relocated to safer regions, according to the administration, which has ordered evacuations in the town of Guangfu, the scene of the fatal floods.

Both the neighboring county of Yilan and Hualien closed their offices and schools on Tuesday.

The largest contract chipmaker in the world, TSMC (2330.TW), is based in the northern city of Hsinchu, which will not be directly impacted by the storm, according to a new study.

Senior civil defense officer Raffy Alejandro told a briefing that landslides in the Philippines’ hilly northern Cordilleras were responsible for the majority of fatalities, with 28 people injured and two persons reported missing.