Relief in Taiwan as Typhoon Tembin skirts island
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August 29, 2012, Wednesday
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Taiwan's rain-battered south heaved a huge sigh of relief yesterday as Typhoon Tembin skirted the island before dawn without making landfall.
Communities in the exposed southern part of Taiwan had been bracing for a rare second onslaught after Tembin swept across the island late last week and unleashed the worst downpours in more than a century in some areas.
"I feel relieved now," said Yeh Ming-shun, head of Hengchun township, which forms the southernmost tip of Taiwan.
Tembin brushed by Taiwan at 2am, missing the south of the island by 10 kilometres, its weather center said.
Three people suffered minor injuries when waves hit their house in Orchid Island off the east coast, where roads, houses and other public facilities were damaged.
Communities in the exposed southern part of Taiwan had been bracing for a rare second onslaught after Tembin swept across the island late last week and unleashed the worst downpours in more than a century in some areas.
"I feel relieved now," said Yeh Ming-shun, head of Hengchun township, which forms the southernmost tip of Taiwan.
Tembin brushed by Taiwan at 2am, missing the south of the island by 10 kilometres, its weather center said.
Three people suffered minor injuries when waves hit their house in Orchid Island off the east coast, where roads, houses and other public facilities were damaged.
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