Forecast Category 4-equivalent winds have begun rumbling ashore over northeastern Taiwan. Philippines and southwestern Japan islands also affected. ()

7 p.m. Wednesday, July 24, Japan time: Gaemi remains a Category 4-equivalent typhoon, just below super-typhoon status, and has begun roaring ashore over northeastern Taiwan, with three countries still impacted by the vast wind field.

At 2 p.m. Taiwan time, Gaemi was 88 miles southeast of Taipei, rumbling northwest at 12 mph packing 144-mph sustained winds and 167-mph gusts at center.

A typhoon warning remains raised for all of Taiwan by the Central Weather Bureau. Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal 2 remains raised for the Philippines’ Batanes Islands and Signal 1 for northern Luzon by the national weather authority PAGASA. Gaemi is also still impacting Japan’s southwestern islands, Yonaguni, Iriomote and Ishigaki.

Taiwan, especially, is facing a seriously rough time overnight. As much as four feet of rain are forecast, along with flooding and possible landslides. Metro Manila is under a heavy rain warning through the rest of Wednesday. Gaemi’s east quadrants, typically the worst of the four, are facing Japan’s southwestern islands, which are taking a pounding as well.