It was a good thing we didn't have to evacuate yesterday. The roads were all blocked with trees!

Meanwhile, it seems to have become a dangerous rain typhoon along the way. Despite the high winds, we were pretty much spared that sustained torrential rain thing that sets off landslides, but that may be about to change judging by the intensity of the downfalls we've had in the last 12 hours. If it comes back this way, as it's currently predicted to do, then we need to get back on high alert.

Places in Pingdong have already copped 700+ml in the last two days - that's a level that can cause severe damage.

Anyway, it was definitely an attention getter. My fences have all been destroyed and several trees down but the hard day's work of staking the coffee plants paid off pretty well.

What's going on now? It's pouring rain - heavier than the actual passing of the typhoon, but when you look at the radar there's nothing showing here.

Hell, it's just raised a notch at that. This is flooding, landslide rain now. We're not out of the woods on this one yet.

Lots of cleaning up to do around here.

And the motorcycle did get blown over and rained on for hours. Damn.

Tembin made landfall around 5am across the southern tip of Taiwan. Travelled quite a way south down the coast before eventually crossing - well, i say eventually, but it was 7 hours before it was predicted to do so by CWB. As such it only needs to traverse a thin strip of land which should allow it to maintain structure and regenerate once it gets back over ocean.

The situation here is that the wind has dropped off considerably and is no longer a danger, but the rain is still torrential and could present problems. Frequent rumbling of thunder outside. Wind coming from east.

Highest rainfall so far (since yesterday) is 237ml at Fuli in Hualien. Though there have been places in Pingdong that have had 200ml since midnight and they will most likely end up with the most rainfall and face the greatest risk of landslides and flooding.

Just checked rain guage and there's been 162 ml in XC since it started raining yesterday. Expect this to go up to about 250ml by the time it's finished.

Wind has dropped off further in last 10 mins and may be changing direction.

Getting some quite unnerving, massive gusts now. Once it gets to that sustained, eye-wall bit, the roof is really going to get a work out. Biggest wind i've experienced since i've been living here.

Wow, just had one over 100kmp, biggest one yet. This is gonna be exciting. Already equal if not faster than what we got with Saola.

Hang onto your hats - and rooves!

Here's a comparison of Tembin and Morakot, both on approach. Would seem to show that Tembin is not in that league. Expecting a short sharp typhoon with very strong winds near the centre, but once the eye passes it should be all but over.

Disclaimer: If it happens to stall over the top of us, then we're stuffed.

Wow, just got the first decent gust. Think it might be 'game on' from here.

The JTWC has recently upped the predicted speed to gusts of 145 knots when it hits us. It had lowered the speed considerably.

Yeah, i noticed the eye has become more distinct. Doesn't look to be tons of rain in it from the radar image, but that could change as well.

Just started raining lightly here - up from the faint drizzle of this morning. Wind is negligible, coming from north west.

On your marks! Set! Stall.

Looks like they think it's gonna loop. With this drop in speed, it actually becomes a much more dangerous event - if it does ever make it here.

Still no wind and no rain here. But sky does have that eerie colr and feel to it.

Still dead calm here at the moment. Classic 'calm before the storm'. Though on the sat it seems to be right on our doorstep so expecting winds and rain to start soon - but doesn't look that dark at the moment. My guess is wind will come from the north east first, then switch to the south once the eye passes.

Maybe they should have a look at their own radar.