Typhoon Podul crossed southern Taiwan, where authorities closed schools and government offices as heavy rain threatened more damage to agriculture in the island's southeast. No major damage was reported.

Podul is the latest in a string of extreme weather events to hit the region this summer. Taiwan was struck by Typhoon Danas in July, followed by record-breaking rain earlier this month that killed at least five people.

Typhoon Podul slammed into Taiwan’s Taitung County on Wednesday, forcing school and government office closures across nine cities, including Kaohsiung and Tainan. Moving at 36 km/h toward the Taiwan Strait and China,