Typhoon-chasing YouTuber back in Taiwan again for Podul
Typhoon-chasing YouTuber back in Taiwan again for Podul
2025-08-13
Whenever there’s a typhoon, there’s James Reynolds. The UK-born and Japan-based YouTuber specializes in filming extreme weather events in the Asia-Pacific region. He’s chased typhoons that affected Taiwan since Typhoon Haitang in 2005. This time, as usual, he was prepared for Typhoon Podul to make landfall in Taitung, and he’s yet to break his 25-times streak catching typhoons in Taiwan.
Typhoon Podul lashes Taitung and creates strong rainstorms at Taimali Station. YouTuber James Reynolds, a self-proclaimed “tropical cyclone interceptor” from the UK and based in Japan, did not miss out.
He’s already set up a tripod and he’s wearing a helmet, clearly having done this many times before. And he has, for 20-plus years around the world, Taiwan included.
James Reynolds
YouTuber
I’ve been covering typhoons for 20 years now. It’s just something which I had been interested in since I was a much younger man. It’s a surprising one, it was a pretty weak typhoon, and now as it’s approaching Taiwan it has increased in strength very quickly. Personally, I think this is a good location to observe and film a typhoon from, but it could still be, you know, have some dangers.
This footage of him completely drenched was from a livestream of Typhoon Koinu in 2023. Last year, three typhoons made landfall in Taiwan—Gaemi, Krathon and Kong-rey—and he did not miss out on any of them. He’s filmed typhoons in Taiwan since 2005, starting with Typhoon Haitang. Twenty years has passed since then, but he’s still chasing and livestreaming these weather events.
James Reynolds
YouTuber
This is maybe my 25th time here. My first one was in 2005. I love coming to Taiwan, honestly. Every time I come here it’s such an amazing place to visit. And I love nature. And where I grew up, in England, we don’t have typhoons.
Typhoons keeps Reynolds coming back to Taiwan, again and again. Despite the danger, you can reliably find him near the eye of the storm.
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20年來不間斷 英國追風達人報到! 雷諾斯現身太麻里
2025-08-13
中颱楊柳直撲台灣，知名的英國追風達人"雷諾斯"，這回同樣不缺席，上午悄悄現身風雨最大的台東太麻里車站，捕捉風強雨驟的瞬間畫面，他說自己非常喜歡台灣、更喜歡颱風，早從2005年首次來台追海棠後，只要台灣遭到颱風侵襲他就準時報到，20年過去，訪台次數高達25次。
楊柳颱風直撲台東，太麻里車站掀起狂風暴雨，引來英國知名追風達人雷諾斯。
架攝影機、頭戴安全帽，雷諾斯架式十足，只要台灣有颱風，就有他身影，這回同樣不例外。
[[英國追風達人 雷諾斯]]
“我追颱風20幾年了，我對颱風很有興趣，從我很年輕的時候就開始，楊柳颱風很令人驚訝，它有很長一段時間是個非常非常弱，多數來說它是個非常弱的颱風，但現在它非常靠近台灣，很快速地增加了強度，對我個人來說，這裡是一個很好做觀察的地方，但它還是很有可能造成危險”
全身溼透，網路上分享小犬颱風最新動態，雷諾斯光去年就來台三次追風，從凱米到山陀兒、康芮，都沒錯過，更當起自媒體開直播，哪裡有颱風就往哪去。2005年首次來台，是追海棠颱風，如今一晃眼，20年過去。
[[英國追風達人 雷諾斯]]
“這大概是我第25次來台灣了，我第一次來是2005年，我很喜歡來台灣，老實說，每次我來這裡都覺得，這是一個很迷人的地方，值得造訪，而且我很喜歡大自然，我在英格蘭長大，那裡沒有颱風”
因為颱風，跟台灣牽起獨特情感，雷諾斯總是不顧危險、直衝風雨最前線。
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