KAOHSIUNG: Taiwan on Thursday (Oct 3) girded itself for the arrival of a weakening Typhoon Krathon which has killed two people so far, as the island shut down for a second day with hundreds of flights grounded and financial markets closed. Krathon is forecast to make landfall around midday at the major southwestern port city of Kaohsiung, as a much weaker category 2 typhoon, though the government is warning of torrential rain and storm surges along the coast. Shortly after dawn, residents in