The New York Post
Date: August 24, 2019
By: Eileen AJ Connelly6
People cross a street in powerful gusts of wind generated by a typhoon.AP
The storm forced the shutdown of businesses and schools, and airlines canceled more than 350 flights as the island braced for landslides, floods and high seas, Reuters reported. Some 34,000 soldiers were deployed in the south amid fears of flooding.
The storm, the first to make landfall on the island in more than two years, reached Taiwan Saturday afternoon with winds up to 85 miles per hour. Nearly 30,000 homes lost power and some areas saw flooding as it moved northwest across the island.
Heavy rain was expected to continue through Sunday, Taiwan News said. [SOURCE]
