Two more people found dead in Taiwan after Typhoon Krathon brought devastating winds and torrential rain
Taiwan: Typhoon Krathon killed two individuals this week; two more persons were discovered dead in Taiwan on Saturday, October 5, after going missing under the storm’s damaging wind and heavy rainfall.
About 20,000 houses remained without electricity on Saturday across the island, mostly in Kaohsiung, the southern coastal city that was worst impacted by the storm and where it made landfall.
After crashing into the island the day before, bringing with it record-high winds, floods, and mudslides, Krathon faded into a tropical depression on Friday.
More than 700 people were injured
The National Fire Agency said without offering specifics that two missing persons were discovered dead in northern New Taipei city on Saturday, increasing the number of deaths caused by the storm to four.
Numerous New Taipei districts had landslides due to heavy rainfall, which also flooded roadways and momentarily left scores of pupils stranded at their schools, according to authorities.
In order to assist in clearing roads and draining floodwater, the defense ministry announced that some 250 troops were sent on Friday to the city and neighboring Keelung, which also experienced landslides.
The defense ministry said that some 1,500 troops were sent to Kaohsiung and neighboring Pingtung for a second day to assist with hurricane relief efforts.
Tropical storms typically occur in Taiwan from July to October, but experts have cautioned that the changing climate is making these storms more intense, resulting in severe downpours, flash floods, and powerful gusts.
As the strongest typhoon to hit Taiwan in eight years, Gaemi made landfall in July, causing extensive flooding in Kaohsiung, hundreds of injuries, and at least ten fatalities.
