The typhoon Danas accompanied by strong wind and rain on Monday hit the south of the island of Taiwan. The bad weather has required at least two lives and caused more than 330 injuries, TASR writes, according to AP and Reuters reports.
Meteorologists assume that typhoon is heading beyond the territory of the continental People’s Republic of China, which will hit Tuesday at a later hour. However, it appears that The tropical storm loses its intensity as it passes through the Taiwanese Strait. Danas left more than 580,000 households on the southern and central part of the island without electricity and forced the offices in the densely populated part of Taiwan to close schools and shops.
The typhoon for the first time hit the mainland on the west coast on Sundays late in the evening. The storm was accompanied by wind at a speed of approximately 144 kilometers per hour, and in some places more than 60 centimeters of rain fell. This caused floods and landslides on the island.
The authorities have so far reported two deaths in the southwestern city of Taij-Nan. One person died after her vehicle hit a falling tree And the second died in connection with what failed her breathing apparatus due to the loss of electricity.
At least 334 people suffered injuries and more than 3400 people had to evacuate security forcesespecially around the Southwansky port city Kao-Sung. In the meantime, the authorities in the People’s Republic of China are preparing to strike a weakened typhoon in their territory.
Danas hit the northern part of the Philippines before moving to Taiwan, where he intensified seasonal monsoon rains and accompanying rainfalls heated some low -lying villages. More than 3,000 people were forced to escape into emergency shelters. Typhins usually appear between July and October in Taiwan. More often, however, its lighter populated east coast by the Pacific Ocean.
