Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/08/29
By: Yang Su-min and Evelyn Kao
Taipei, Aug. 29 (CNA) Agricultural losses caused by flooding in central and southern Taiwan
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since Aug. 23 were estimated to have reached NT$737.39 million (US$24 million) as of 5 p.m. Wednesday, according to the latest update from the Council of Agriculture (COA).
The flooding, caused by a tropical depression that brought days of heavy rain to the southern half of the country, resulted in widespread damage to crops, fisheries and livestock.
Chiayi County was hardest hit by the torrential rain, reporting NT$451.51 million in agricultural losses, which accounted for 61 percent of the total, COA data shows.
Tainan suffered the second highest losses of NT$183.37 million, or 25 percent of the total, followed by Yunlin County with losses of NT$45.14 million (6 percent), Kaohsiung NT$43.77 million (6 percent), and Pingtung County NT$10.21 million (1 percent), the data indicates.
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