Storm is forecast to hit Taiwan’s densely populated west coast on Wednesday, though heaviest rain is expected along the mountainous east coast

While the precise route of the typhoon is uncertain, there is a high risk of additional flooding and the potential for new barrier lakes to form in Hualien’s mountainous interior. In October, a large barrier lake appeared overnight near the entrance to Taroko National Park.

Typhoon Fung-wong made landfall on the main island of Luzon, prompting the evacuation of more than one million people, just days after an earlier storm killed over 200.