Typhoon Saola, which killed 23 people in the Philippines earlier this week,
has already been blamed by local media for seven deaths in Taiwan, though
the official toll puts the death count at three.
Dozens of flights were cancelled at Taipei’s main international airport, where
heavy winds destroyed two jetways, and rail transport throughout the island
was disrupted.
By Thursday afternoon, Saola was centered on the northeastern county of Ilan,
where rescuers were using rubber boats and amphibious vehicles to evacuate
hundreds from flooded homes.
They were also seeking to locate at least six stranded residents, cut off from
the rest of their farming community when flood waters overwhelmed a small
bridge.
Saola was expected to pass north of the capital, Taipei, later on Thursday
before moving out to sea en route to the Chinese mainland, 100 miles (160km)
to the west.
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