TORNADOES AND WATER SPOUT APPEAR IN TAITUNG|東部出現多起水龍捲 目擊民眾心驚

Although Typhoon Haima did not directly strike Taiwan, circulating currents in the typhoon's periphery gave rise to a water spout near the South-Link Highway that lasted for two minutes. A tornado also caused some destruction of property. ==NS== Unbelievable! Local residents were excited to see the amazing water spout next to the South-Link Highway. The water spout lasted more than two minutes. ==HSIEH PEI-YUN, Central Weather Bureau Forecaster== Taiwan was affected by the circulating currents in the typhoon's periphery yesterday. This morning, convection cells were observed in the southeast coast, which provided conditions for tornados. However, residents affected by the heavy rain and strong winds were not so excited. A tornado blew away roofs in Taitung's Da Wu Township, and logs of timber were scattered around. ==CHEN HSI-SHUI, Local Resident== The entire house was blown away and fell on the neighbor's yard. The roof of the house next to ours was also blown off, and the garage was also blown away. According to the Central Weather Bureau, strong updrafts along with wind shear have provided the conditions for tornados. Local residents are advised to watch out for unsettled weather. TRANSLATED BY：LUKE CHIANG 海馬颱風沒有直接影響台灣，但颱風的外圍環流，造成台東南迴公路沿線昨天下午出現水龍捲，而且持續兩分鐘之久，陸面也疑似出現龍捲風，造成不少災情，有民眾拍下了驚險的畫面。 ==民眾== 哇 帥呀 民眾看到難得一見的景象嘖嘖稱奇、覺得好興奮，昨天台東南迴公路沿線，海面天空激起了大片浪花，中間有一條又白又長的水龍捲，整個景象持續超過兩分鐘。 ==氣象預報員 謝佩芸== 昨天在台灣附近 是受到 海馬颱風外圍環流影響 那在上午這段時間 是有觀測到 在東南部海域 有不穩定對流胞經過 那因此就提供了 這樣可能形成龍捲風的條件 不過陸地上受到強風豪雨侵襲的民眾可笑不出來，海面出現水龍捲，陸地也疑似出現龍捲風，台東大武有鐵皮屋頂被吹掀，木頭殘骸都散落一地，災情慘重。 ==大武居民 陳喜水== （被龍捲風颳走喔） 颳走了 對 整個房子全部就 全部就捲走了 後來就 掉落到那個鄰居 然後另外一家 是剛好在隔壁 另外一家是屋頂被捲走了 還有他的車庫也被吹倒 氣象局表示，強烈的上升氣流還有風切，提供了龍捲風快速旋轉的力量，是冷熱交替下所出現的不穩定天氣型態，請民眾多加注意。 記者 綜合報導