Morakot will possibly be rolling into China Saturday night. It is departing Taiwan and is on it’s way to the eastern sea-coast of China, but Taiwan will not be free of the storm until later Saturday.
Electical wires were knocked down, fields battered and the high speed trains had to stop running.
Large waves bore down on the Taiwans coastline causing occupants to leave their homes as the torrents of water uprose. There were people pinned that had to wait for help to get to them.
Resued boats are collecting people who were entrapped by the flood. Over 20,000 people have been removed from the coastlines of China in preparation for the storm and a report of 9 fishermen perished when their boat flipped over. So far they are still missing.
In Taiwan, about 6 people perished in the typhoon as it passed over the island.
In the Philippines, the same typhoon sparked off instant flooding which killed no less then 11 people before it moved onto Taiwan.
An automobile was washed away by the flooding in which 3 people from France and 3 mountain trail leaders perished in the flood water in the Philippines. There were 6 people also that perished in instant floods and landslides on the island of Luzon.
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