Unexpectedly, however, on the 17th and 18th southwesterly airflows drawn in by the typhoon dumped torrential rains on southern and central Taiwan, which weren't even within the typhoon warning area, causing a severe disaster.
今年第一個侵襲台灣的輕度颱風「卡玫基」，7 月 17 日晚上 9 時 45 分在宜蘭登陸，暴風圈碰觸陸地後即潰散，並未引發災情；不意颱風引進的西南氣流，反倒使不在颱風警報範圍內的中南部地區降下超大型暴雨，造成嚴重災害。