ERE Force Closure of Roads, bridges, railway lines in Taiwan
Posted by feww on September 2, 2013
Extreme Rain Events (ERE) dump up to 810mm of rain on Taiwan
Landslides triggered by torrential rains brought by tropical storm KONG-REY have forced the evacuations of thousands of people from mountainous areas and damaged dozens of roads and bridges, especially in the SW county of Chiayi, and shut down railway services.
Tropical Storm KONG-REY has caused widespread flooding and substantial damage to property and infrastructure since August 28.
Southern Taiwan is devastated, reports said.
Tropical storms TRAMI and KONG-REY have caused millions of dollars in agricultural losses in Taiwan since late August, said the Council of Agriculture.
This entry was posted on September 2, 2013 at 8:19 am and is filed under 2013 Disaster Calendar, Climate Change, disaster areas, disaster watch, disaster watch 2013, disaster zone, Global Disaster watch, global disasters, global disasters 2013. Tagged: flooding, KONG-REY, Landslide, rockslide, Taiwan, Tropical Storm KONG-REY, Tropical Storm TRAMI. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
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