Taipei: Typhoon Gaemi has intensified and claimed at least eight lives in Taiwan since Wednesday, according to Focus Taiwan, citing the Central Emergency Operations Centre (CEOC). One person is missing, and as many as 866 people sustained injuries during and after the typhoon’s passage through the country.
The typhoon has already left Taiwan and has been downgraded to a tropical storm. It has now reached China, however, central and southern Taiwan could continue to see significant rainfall, reported Focus Taiwan.
The casualties included a 64-year-old female motorbiker who died after being hit by a falling tree in Kaohsiung; a 44-year-old woman who was killed by a fallen rooftop wall in Hualien County; and a 78-year-old man who was killed during a landslide in Kaohsiung.
Additionally, a 65-year-old man fell to the ground while undertaking repair work at home and later died at a hospital in Tainan, Focus Taiwan reported.
A 75-year-old scooter rider collided with a fallen tree and fell to the ground before being rushed to a hospital in Yulin County, where doctors were unable to resuscitate him.
The CEOC said two corpses–one man and one woman were found in flooded fields at two separate locations in Chiayi County’s Shiushang Township.
However, they have not yet been identified and the cases are still under investigation, reported Focus Taiwan.
In Chiayi County, an Alishan Forest Railway employee was found without life signs in his car, hit by falling rocks, and was sent to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Meanwhile, the authorities are still searching for a 67-year-old man surnamed Kuo, believed to have fallen into a culvert in Chiayi County’s Fanlu Township.
Moreover, 866 people have been injured in the typhoon, the centre said.
The highest number of injuries (259) were reported in Kaohsiung, followed by 125 in Tainan and 120 in Taichung.
As pointed out by the CEOC, a network of 279 sanctuary spaces were hastily created to shelter the 1,232 individuals who found themselves displaced in the wake of the typhoon. Adding to the chaos, Taiwan’s emergency services received distress signals from nine vessels at sea, thrown into jeopardy by the severe weather conditions, as reported in Focus Taiwan’s coverage. A word of caution for residents in the eastern and southern regions of Taiwan, sporadic showers and even thunderstorms remain a possibility, with the potential threat of more torrential rain to come.
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