YILAN, Taiwan — Workers cleared fallen trees and shop owners swept up debris in Taiwan on Friday after one of the biggest typhoons to hit the island in decades claimed at least two lives.
Typhoon Kong-rey was packing wind speeds of 184 kilometers an hour when it slammed into eastern Taiwan on Thursday, uprooting trees, triggering floods and landslides, and knocking out power as it swept over the island.A 48-year-old motorcyclist was killed by a falling power pole in the capital Taipei on Thursday, taking the storm's death toll to two, with more than 500 injured, the National Fire Agency said.
'It's mostly trees falling down and crushing into electricity poles that caused a power outage,' said the official, who gave only his surname Huang.'There are four reported cases of flooding and all have receded. There are also three reported cases of mudslides, including one near a tunnel, which we are verifying now.'Further north in Hualien county, some residents living in the mountains were assessing the damage to houses hit by landslides.
Cleans Up After Typhoon Kong-Rey Leaves Two Dead
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