Taiwan cleans up after deadly Typhoon Saola
TAIWAN: Taiwan started to clean up on Friday after Typhoon Saola
lashed the island with powerful winds and downpours that killed six
people, flooded villages and damaged roads, officials said.
The central weather bureau on Friday lifted a warning for the
slow-moving typhoon that left at least six dead, two missing and 16
wounded after taking 23 lives in the Philippines.
Saola caused an estimated Tw$352 million ($11.73 million) in
agricultural damages as torrential rains submerged rice fields and
orchards in the worst-hit Ilan and Hualien counties in the east coast,
the government said.
Saola caused agricultural damage estimated at Tw$352 million ($11.73
million) as torrential rains submerged rice fields and orchards in the
worst-hit Ilan and Hualien counties on the east coast, the government
said. Nearly 1.8 metres (70 inches) of rain has fallen in some parts of
Ilan since Tuesday, according to the weather bureau, while local media
said half the county was flooded during the typhoon. One highway and 94
cross-county and city roads across Taiwan were damaged by the rains
while a railway in the north was partially damaged by mudslides,
according to the national fire agency. Air and rail services had mostly
reverted to normal as Saola headed to mainland China on Friday,
officials said. AFP |