Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/07/08
By: Tyson Lu, Chiu Po-sheng, Kuo Chu-chen, Wang Shwu-feng and
Elizabeth Hsu

Taipei, July 8 (CNA) Taitung County, the part of Taiwan hardest hit by Typhoon Nepartak on Friday, has reported initial agricultural losses from the storm of over NT$600 million (US$18.58 million).

According to the Taitung County government, few crops in the county survived Nepartak’s onslaught of strong gusts of wind and torrential rain.

The crops sustaining the heaviest damage were pomelos, custard apples, bananas, pineapples, cabbage, tomatoes and bell peppers, the local government said.

The losses reached over NT$600 million as of Friday afternoon, based on initial reports from townships around the county, and were expected to continue to rise as more farmers assess the damage to their crops, according to the local government.     [FULL  STORY]