Typhoon Krosa steams ahead

TAIPEI, Taiwan: Heavy rain caused a landslide along a major highway in eastern Taiwan on Friday, and fishermen took shelter in ports as Typhoon Krosa approached the island.

No injuries were reported.

The British typhoon-tracking system Tropical Storm Risk called Krosa a category 4 typhoon, the same size as Hurricane Katrina, which killed more than 1,700 people in the United States in 2005.