The China Post
Date: September 15, 2016
By: Sun Hsin Hsuan
TAIPEI, Taiwan — As Typhoon Meranti roared through southern Taiwan, Typhoon Malakas veered
A hotel’s sign board lies across a road in Kaohsiung, Wednesday, Sept. 14, after it was uprooted by strong winds brought by Typhoon Meranti. (CNA)
toward the northeast coast.
Forecasts suggest Malakas will make landfall by Saturday.
More than 500,000 households suffered power cuts Wednesday, with Pingtung County and Orchid Island the worst affected, according to the Central Emergency Operation Center.
State-owned electricity supplier Taipower said the company was making emergency repairs around the nation.
As of 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, almost 20,000 households were still without access to water, with the Taiwan Water Corporation saying it had managed to restore the water supply to 50 households by the evening, but admitted more work remained to be done.
While several people were reported injured in Hualien, Taitung, and Kinmen County, no fatalities from the extreme weather had so far been reported. [FULL STORY]
