Typhoon Podul yesterday intensified and accelerated as it neared Taiwan, with the impact expected to be felt overnight, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said, while the Directorate-General of Personnel Administration announced that schools and government offices in most areas of southern and eastern Taiwan would be closed today.

While residents in Taiwan were busy preparing for a possible weather event in the form of Typhoon Podul, social media users were briefly stunned by a map predicting the storm’s possible trajectory. On Wednesday,