FLOOD WOES: The Central Emergency Operation Center said that water levels have begun to recede, but losses in the agricultural sector were about NT$563.11 million
Taipei Times
Date: Aug 27, 2018
By: Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
With the center and south of the nation still reeling from a tropical depression system that has
Members of the Army Chemical Corps take part in an inspection and sterilization mission of flooded areas in Tainan’s Yanshuei District yesterday.
Photo: Wang Han-ping, Taipei Times
hovered above Taiwan since Thursday, the combination of a monsoon trough and the southwest airstream is expected to bring more rain this week.
As of noon yesterday, the death toll from the flooding stood at seven, with 116 people injured and 599 people in shelters, statistics from the Central Emergency Operation Center showed.
Agricultural losses caused by the flooding are estimated to have reached at least NT$563.11 million (US$18.35 million) as of 5pm, while repairing damage to schools and other buildings is expected to cost NT$157 million, the center said.
From today to Wednesday, chances of showers or thundershowers would be high in the nation’s center, south and southeast, the Central Weather Bureau said, adding that torrential to extremely torrential rainfall is likely. [FULL STORY]
