This was forecast as a surfer's delight typhoon (sliding north far enough off-shore to produce epic waves without the wind/safety restrictions kicking in), but some of the latest models have it veering west, colliding with Taipei.

It's a good sized storm, gusts up to 130kts (which may well rise). It would be very late in the season for Taiwan to record a direct hit (Oct 31 to Nov 1), but not beyond precedent. The year before Nari became the biggest flooding typhoon in 200 years, there was a typhoon on Nov 1 that was the then-biggest flooding typhoon in 100 years.