Typhoon Krosa is just now making landfall on the extreme northeast coast of Taiwan, packing winds of ~120 knots, with higher gusts. The earlier Joint Typhoon Warning Center outlook noted that Krosa was weakening, with an eroded northwest eyewall...However, it appears that this may have been associated with an eyewall replacement cycle, because the typhoon has strengthened rapidly the last few hours before landfall, with a well-defined central dense overcast and enclosed eye. Typhoon chaser James Reynolds is currently in Taiwan, but I have not heard from him since his departure from China a few days ago. Hopefully he is safe and will provide us with an update soon...the typhoon took a much further south track than was forecast by the JTWC, which means that the eyewall of this intense typhoon will persist over northern Taiwan (before the track had the eye barely missing the island to the north!)...bringing much more intense conditions to James' position. Shown below is the most recent track map from the JTWC: