in pingtongThe hurricane hampered rescue efforts after a fire broke out in a hospital, killing nine people.
Before a hurricane arrives Krathon To land in Kaohsiung Accompanied by winds reaching speeds of 162 kilometers per hour, the Central Meteorological Administration issued instructions to the coastal city’s 2.7 million residents to “take shelter as quickly as possible.”
Later in the afternoon, residents were advised to stay indoors as the eye of the storm passed through the area, bringing rain and lightning.
Schools, offices and businesses were closed across the island for the second day in a row as winds toppled trees, toppled motorcyclists and blew shipping containers off the dock.
About 10,000 people were evacuated throughout Taiwanuntil Thursday, according to the Ministry of Interior.
The National Fire Agency reported that heavy rains and strong winds attributed to Krathon caused at least two deaths, one person missing, and 219 others injured.
The hurricane caused air traffic to stop, all domestic flights were suspended and about 240 international flights were cancelled.
Storms and mudslides
Strong waves hit the coast of Pingtung County, where seawater seeped into a road and caused it to collapse in two places, TV footage showed.
When a fire broke out in a hospital on Thursday, Taiwanese authorities said bad weather made rescue operations more difficult.
In New Taipei City in the north of the island, where rain and winds intensified, a mudslide caused a large rock to fall on a temple, partially destroying its roof, local news channel SET reported.
Last July, a hurricane occurred Gayme The strongest attack to hit the island in eight years, with widespread floods and at least ten people killed in Taiwan, as well as about fifty in China due to heavy rains, and at least 40 in the Philippines.
In the Philippines, the National Natural Disaster Risk Management Council said on Wednesday that eight people were injured and another was missing as the marathon passed through the north of the country.
More than 5,400 people were forced to leave their homes, most of them in my area Ilikos And a valley Cagayan In the north, according to the same source.
The region witnesses many hurricanes during this period of the year.
However, a recent study concluded that they are forming closer to the coast, increasing in strength more quickly, and continuing for a longer period after reaching land due to climate change.
