Taiwan recovers from Soudelor
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Taiwan authorities were rushing to repair roads in the mountainous hot spring town of Wulai yesterday, where 1,100 people were without electricity or water after Typhoon Soudelor ripped through the island.
Landslides triggered by the storm, which hit in the early hours of Saturday and was billed as the most powerful typhoon this year, blocked the main road into the northern township just south of Taipei.
“People are now able to walk past the area after our emergency repair, but it may take another three or four days for vehicles to get through,” said Chiang Chien-ming, a chief road engineer.
About 100 residents in Xiaoyi village who were previously unaccounted for have been contacted and were safe. Soldiers were searching for another 10 people reported to be unreachable, a spokesman for the New Taipei City fire bureau told reporters.
Supplies have been flown into the area, mostly instant noodles, bread and water.
TV footage of the once scenic aboriginal town showed damaged houses, cracked roads, and mounds of rubble.
Soudelor caused at least seven deaths in Taiwan as it flooded rivers, ripped up trees and triggered landslides. Toppled trees and signboards damaged electricity lines, knocking out power to a record 4 million households.
More than 90,000 households were still without power yesterday morning.
More than 400 people were injured, according to the latest official figures.
Taiwan’s farming sector is estimated to have suffered NT$1 billion (US$32 million) in losses, mainly the destruction of banana and pomelo crops.
Soudelor led to the deaths of at least 17 people when it later hit the Chinese mainland.
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