TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A powerful typhoon made landfall in Taiwan on Thursday, killing two people and bringing high winds and floods to much of the island's east coast and northern areas, after barreling past the northern Philippines.
TAIPEI, Taiwan — A powerful typhoon made landfall in Taiwan on Thursday, killing two people and bringing high winds and floods to much of the island's east coast and northern areas, after barreling past the northern Philippines.
Taiwan authorities reported two dead and 205 injuries from the storm as of Thursday afternoon. One of the deaths occurred when a tree fell on a vehicle. Taipei police reported that another person was killed when an electricity pole fell over, according to Taiwan's Central News Agency. Earlier Thursday, the typhoon's eye blew about 110 kilometers east of the northernmost Philippine province of Batanes, a cluster of islands and islets of about 19,000 people. Villagers in northern Philippine provinces evacuated to shelters on Wednesday.
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