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KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) -Taiwan mobilised nearly 40,000 troops on Tuesday to be on standby for rescue efforts as powerful Typhoon Krathon approached its populous southwest coast, which is ...
Taiwan's defence ministry said it had put more than 38,000 troops on standby. The fire department reported 46 injuries, mostly in the mountainous eastern county of Taitung, with one person missing ...
HUALIEN, Taiwan (Reuters) -Taiwan curtailed its annual Han Kuang war games and readied emergency equipment on Tuesday as Typhoon Gaemi barrelled towards the island, with the government issuing a ...
The government of Taiwan placed 29,000 military personnel on standby for recovery efforts. Over 2,000 residents of mountainous areas on the island were evacuated. [ 39 ] Evacuations also took place in Heping District, Taichung ; 385 residents were evacuated from nine flood-prone districts of Tainan . [ 40 ]
Typhoon Krathon, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Julian, was a powerful and erratic tropical cyclone which impacted Taiwan and the Philippines in late September and early October 2024. Krathon, which refers to the santol fruit, was the first storm to make landfall on Taiwan's densely populated western plains since Typhoon Wayne in 1986.
In July 2023, Typhoon Doksuri drifted to Southern Taiwan, raising warnings in various places. [21] 278,000 homes later lost power, [22] with one woman dying in Taiwan. [23] In August, Typhoon Haikui directly hit Taiwan, with 8,000 people evacuating. [24] 217,000 houses lost electricity with the typhoon, with multiple floods, and rainfall. [25]
Typhoon Morakot, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Kiko, was the deadliest typhoon to impact Taiwan in recorded history.The eighth named storm and fourth typhoon of the 2009 Pacific typhoon season, Morakot wrought catastrophic damage in Taiwan, killing 673 people and leaving 26 people missing, and causing roughly NT$110 billion (US$3.3 billion) in damages.
The heavy rainfall from Fanapi caused landslides, heavy crop damage, and flooding, notably in the major city of Kaohsiung, where rains totaled 506 mm (19.9 in). In some areas of the city, the floods reached over one-story deep, inundating cars and causing about NT$3 billion (New Taiwan dollar, US$93.75 million) in industrial damage.