Tourists get off a boat at Tungkang harbor in southern Pingtung county as typhoon Meranti approaches southeast of Taiwan on September 13, 2016. The Central Weather Bureau was scheduled to issue a sea alert late last night for Typhoon Meranti, which is threatening southern Taiwan, and it could not rule out the possibility of issuing a land alert this morning. / AFP PHOTO / SAM YEHSAM YEH/AFP/Getty Images