Taipei - Torrential rain from Typhoon Haitang has brought
flooding to southern Taiwan and caused power outages, just days after
Typhoon Nesat hit the island, local officials said Monday.
Water pumps were being used in low-lying areas in both Pingtung and
Tainan counties on Monday to help provide flood relief, the Water
Resources Bureau said Monday.
Recorded rainfall exceeded 660 millimetres since Sunday afternoon in
some parts of Pingtung county, in southern Taiwan.
Over 650,000 households were also without electricity at one point
over the weekend, the Central Emergency Operation Centre said. On
Monday, about 28,600 were still left without power.
Although Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau has now lifted warnings for
the storm, after it moved on to China's south-eastern Fujian
province, heavy rain is still expected in southern Taiwan on Monday.
Residents in mountainous areas should stay alert to landslides
possibly being triggered, the bureau warned.
Parts of national highways in the south remained closed Monday, while
services of one railway operator in the mountains were also
suspended.
Across the weekend, 128 people were injured after first Typhoon
Nesat, then Haitang, hit the island nation. Most people injured were
blown off motor scooters or hit by falling objects, the Central
Emergency Operation Centre said.
The damage caused by the two typhoons to the country's agricultural
sector has reached 171.9 million Taiwan dollars (5.7 million US
dollars), according to the centre.