Typhoon “Craton” fell on the southern, eastern and western coast of Taiwan Island.
Due to the consequences of storms and floods, two were killed, 102 people were injured, the Taiwanese agency CNA reports with reference to the Emergency Operations Center (CEOC). Two more people are listed in the lists of the missing.
In the province of Hualyan on the east coast of the island in the courtyard of his house, a 70-year-old man died. In the province of Taidun, the truck driver died after the fall of the stone from the slope on the highway.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in 12 municipalities 9,597 people were evacuated to safe areas.
The Ministry of Health reported that 1896 people were placed in 115 shelters.
It is also reported about interruptions in the supply of electricity in more than 58 thousand households.
The radius of the typhoon is about 200 km per hour, the wind speed is 180 km per hour.
According to weather services, the Typhoon “Craton” moves north and starting tomorrow morning will seriously affect the southwestern coast of the island.
