Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/09/28
By: Yang Hsu-min, Chiu Po-sheng, Frances Huang and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, Sept. 28 (CNA) Taiwan’s agricultural losses from Typhoon Megi, which battered much of Taiwan on Tuesday, had reached at least NT$1 billion (US$31.89 million) as of Wednesday, according to an initial estimate released by the Council of Agriculture (COA).

As of 5 p.m., agricultural losses as a result of the damage caused by the storm had reached NT$1.03 billion, with Yunlin County in the central-south part of western Taiwan suffering the heaviest losses, the COA said.

Typhoon Megi made landfall Tuesday in Hualien County, eastern Taiwan, causing four deaths and 527 injuries and leaving more than 3.64 million households without power before moving away toward China early Wednesday.

Farmers in Yunlin suffered NT$210.2 million in losses, or 20 percent of the national total, according to the COA figures.     [FULL  STORY]