Advising residents to take precautions, it said Typhoon Sinlaku was already posing a danger to shipping and was expected to hit northeast of Taiwan over the weekend.
At 2:00 pm (0600 GMT) Thursday, its epicentre was 400 kilometres (240 miles) east of the southernmost tip of Taiwan, the bureau said.
It was packing gusts of 184 kilometres per hour and moving north-northwest, it added.
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