1.   And a third, weak wave, near Haiti, was forecast to make its way to Florida by Wednesday night or Thursday.

2.   Its candidates were forecast to make the second round of voting in the northern cities of Alessandria and Varese.

3.   Taiwan also braced for the worst, canceling flights and railway connections and closing schools and offices in anticipation of the typhoon, forecast to make landfall late Wednesday.

4.   Taiwan also braced for the worst, canceling flights and railway connections and closing schools and offices in anticipation of the typhoon, forecast to make landfall later today.

5.   Taiwan braced for the worst, canceling flights and railway connections and closing schools and offices in anticipation of the typhoon, forecast to make landfall late Wednesday.

6.   Taiwan braced for the worst, canceling flights and railway connections and closing schools and offices in anticipation of the typhoon, forecast to make landfall later today.

7.   Following favourable contract price settlements, coal and iron were forecast to make significant contributions to export earnings over the next few years, the forecaster said.