Typhoon Haikui: Dozens injured after storm sweeps Taiwan

Huge surf pounds Yilan on Taiwan's east coast as Typhoon Haikui lashed the islandGoogle Pictures

Typhoon Haikui tore across Taiwan, uprooting branches and forcing thousands of people to flee, injuring more than 40 persons.

The storm was the first to immediately hit the area in four years, making landfall on Sunday on the west coast.

Two persons in a rocky area were hurt after being struck by an oncoming trees in the midst of heavy rain and strong winds.

Numerous some were hurt, mostly by falling dust, according to officials.

After 160, 000 homes lost strength on Sunday, clean-up personnel were working on restoring service on Monday. However, there have been no reports of significant fundamental damage thus far.

Haikui is the first significant wind to immediately reach Taiwan in four years, despite the fact that it is typhoon period in the Western Pacific, where there have been 11 so far.

A collapsed canopy over arow of parked motorbikes in Hualien city on 3/9

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A woman walks with an umbrella during heavy rain near Su-ao port in Yilan as Typhoon Haikui makes landfall in eastern Taiwan on September 3, 2023.

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Domestic planes and ferry service to nearby islands were canceled, while companies, institutions, and other establishments on the island remained closed.

Although the storm produced winds of up to 200 km / h( 124 mph ), there were no reported fatalities or significant structural damage.

The worst-hit areas of Taiwan were its southern and eastern regions, while Taipei, the capital on the island’s north idea, experienced rain.

More than 7,000 people had left places where authorities feared landslides and another storm-related collapses before the storm’s land.

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Typhoon Haikui is expected to hit China’s southeastern coast on Monday night native time after weakening to a tropical cyclone and moving into the Taiwan Strait.

It arrives just two weeks after Typhoon Saola, which avoided Taiwan but posed the greatest surprise risk to Hong Kong and southern China as it approached. On Saturday, the surprise hit Hong Kong, but the damage was less severe than anticipated.

As the fresh storms approached, Taiwanese authorities issued warnings from Saola to Haikui on Monday, urging boats to enter the harbor with strong winds and heavy sea.

A red Hong Kong taxi's roof is crushed in by falling debris from Typhoon Saola

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A couple wearing black garbage bags as rain jackets stand facing a storm at Hong Kong's harbour on 1/9/23

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