Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/09/15
By: Chen Cheng-wei, Frances Huang and S.C. Chang
Taipei, Sept. 15 (CNA) Estimated losses caused by Strong Typhoon Meranti, which 
battered southern Taiwan a day earlier, reached NT$593.41 million (US$18.7 million), according to the Council of Agriculture (COA) late Thursday.
The impact of the typhoon on the island was at its worst on Wednesday, leaving 1 person dead and an additional 51 injured, and forcing schools and government offices in several cities and counties in southern Taiwan, such as Taitung, Pingtung and Kaohsiung, to close, as the storm moved through the Bashi Channel south of Taiwan.
As for the agricultural losses, the council said, Kaohsiung, the second-largest city in Taiwan, bore the brunt, with losses hitting NT$460.14 million, accounting for 78 percent of the total, the COA statistics show. [FULL STORY]
