Typhoon Lekima is assaulting Taiwan. Northern Taiwan was hit first, but the typhoon started moving north in the early hours of the morning. In the morning, Keelung got intermittent rain and wind. One person said it wasn't as fierce as he thought it would be and some stores decided early in the morning to open for the day.


Coast Guard personnel drive around Keelung's Chaojing Park and urge people to evacuate the coastal area.

We are asking tourists who are watching the waves or getting in the water to leave. There were many people watching the waves this morning.

Every few seconds, someone stops to take a picture. Along the coast, many people are picnicking while watching the waves. Area residents say the storm has not been as bad as expected.

We got a (typhoon holiday), but we still need to make a living.

With the weather better than expected, many stores decided to open for business. This produce vendor went to Taipei's Binjiang Market at 1:30 a.m. to get his daily supply. He was followed by many housewives later in the morning.

(What was it like in Taipei at 1:30?) It was very quiet. There was nothing out of the ordinary.

It was raining a little. A lot. Actually, it wasn't really much.

The flooding and toppled trees Typhoon Lekima caused in Keelung's Qidu after making landfall were quickly remedied. With the storm weakening and veering north, there was intermittent rain and wind in Keelung throughout the morning but nothing major.



騎上機車，沿著八斗子、潮境公園一帶巡邏，海巡署北部分署岸巡隊人員，一看到觀浪民眾立刻進行勸離。

海巡署長潭里安檢所所長 任國賢表示：「對於前來觀浪或戲水的遊客的話，我們會予以勸離，今天早上的部分，是有部分民眾來觀浪。」

三不五時就有民眾停下來拍照，還有人直接坐下來吃早餐配海景，當地居民說，實在是因為半夜到早上，風雨沒想像中的強。

民眾表示：「是賺到了(颱風假)，但是生活也是一樣要過。」

風雨不如預期，不少店家深夜決定早上正常營業，這家自營菜攤，半夜一點半去台北濱江市場批菜，一大早，不少婆婆媽媽來採買。

菜攤老闆表示：「（一點半去台北時狀況如何？) 也是很平靜，沒什麼差別。」

民眾表示：「外面有下點雨啦！很大，其實沒什麼。」

事實上，利奇馬暴風圈深夜觸陸後，基隆七堵曾淹水與路樹傾斜，不過都很快排除，而且隨著路徑偏北，強度減弱，一整個上午，基隆風雨一陣又一陣，市民生活幾無大礙。