Since Wednesday over eight people have died across Taiwan after Typhoon Gaemi intensified, according to the media reports.
There was also one person reported missing and 866 injured during and after the typhoon’s passing through Taiwan. 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.
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. 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.
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.
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