Taiwan: Winds And Rain Pick Up Ahead Of Typhoon Gaemi Landfall 4

Winds and rain have started to pick up in Taiwan on Wednesday, July 24, ahead of Typhoon Gaemi's forecast landfall later today or early Thursday. The first typhoon to affect Taiwan this season, Gaemi packs maximum sustained winds of up to 162 kph, with gusts of up to 198 kph.

Taiwan: Winds And Rain Pick Up Ahead Of Typhoon Gaemi Landfall 2

Winds and rain have started to pick up in Taiwan on Wednesday, July 24, ahead of Typhoon Gaemi's forecast landfall later today or early Thursday. The first typhoon to affect Taiwan this season, Gaemi packs maximum sustained winds of up to 162 kph, with gusts of up to 198 kph.

Taiwan: Winds And Rain Pick Up Ahead Of Typhoon Gaemi Landfall 3

Winds and rain have started to pick up in Taiwan on Wednesday, July 24, ahead of Typhoon Gaemi's forecast landfall later today or early Thursday. The first typhoon to affect Taiwan this season, Gaemi packs maximum sustained winds of up to 162 kph, with gusts of up to 198 kph.

Taiwan: Winds And Rain Pick Up Ahead Of Typhoon Gaemi Landfall

Winds and rain have started to pick up in Taiwan on Wednesday, July 24, ahead of Typhoon Gaemi's forecast landfall later today or early Thursday. The first typhoon to affect Taiwan this season, Gaemi packs maximum sustained winds of up to 162 kph, with gusts of up to 198 kph.

Nippon Ham's Otani ties Japan's fastest 162-kph pitch

Nippon Ham's Otani ties Japan's fastest 162-kph pitch

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Shohei Otani of the Nippon Ham Fighters throws a 162-kilometer-per-hour fastball, a tie for the fastest in Japan's professional baseball, on his second pitch against lead-off batter Takashi Toritani of the Hanshin Tigers in the bottom of the first inning in game 2 of the All-Star series at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on July 19, 2014. Marc Kroon of the Yomiuri Giants threw a 162 kph ball in 2008.

Baseball: Otani sets speed record, goes distance in win over Giants

Baseball: Otani sets speed record, goes distance in win over Giants

A scoreboard at Tokyo Dome shows 163 kilometers per hour (101 miles per hour) for Nippon Ham Fighters pitcher Shohei Otani's fastball in the fourth inning of an interleague game against the Yomiuri Giants at Tokyo Dome on June 5, 2016. Otani's fastest pitch broke the record of 162 kph in Japan that he shared with former Giants reliever Marc Kroon. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Otani twice throws 162-kph pitches in 4th loss

Otani twice throws 162-kph pitches in 4th loss

The scoreboard at Sapporo Dome shows the Nippon Ham Fighters' Shohei Otani threw a 162-kilometer-per hour pitch in a game against the Seibu Lions on May 15, 2016, matching the record for the fastest pitch ever in Japanese professional baseball. Otani threw two 162 kph pitches during the game, matching the record he holds jointly with another player, yet suffered his fourth loss of the season as the Lions beat the Fighters 6-3. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nippon Ham's Otani ties Japan's fastest 162-kph pitch

Nippon Ham's Otani ties Japan's fastest 162-kph pitch

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Shohei Otani of the Nippon Ham Fighters throws a 162-kilometer-per-hour fastball, a tie for the fastest in Japan's professional baseball, on his second pitch against lead-off batter Takashi Toritani of the Hanshin Tigers in the bottom of the first inning in game 2 of the All-Star series at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on July 19, 2014. Marc Kroon of the Yomiuri Giants threw a 162 kph ball in 2008. (Kyodo)