1.   At the time, the airport was being lashed by nighttime rains ahead of a typhoon.

2.   But early speculation also pointed to gusts of wind and torrential rains that lashed the airport as a typhoon closed in on Taipei.

3.   But early speculation also pointed to gusts of wind and torrential rains that lashed the airport as a typhoon closed in on Taiwan.

4.   But early speculation also pointed to the gusts of wind and the torrential rains that were lashing the airport as a typhoon closed in on the island.