typhoon Maria 2018

Typhoon Maria has been given a medium chance of causing a significant local insured loss in the landfall region of China that it will affect, while expected torrential rainfall will also exacerbate economic and insured impacts across a wider region including the Yangtze river basin.

Typhoon Maria is churning westward across the Pacific towards the Japanese Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan and China, with sustained winds estimated at close to 150 mph and stronger gusts, the storm poses a potentially significant threat to areas of Taiwan as it passes and China where landfall will be made.