The biggest typhoon in decades. Killed and hundreds injured

Typhoon Kong-rey quickly moved across the island of Taiwan, making landfall on Thursday afternoon and leaving several hours later.

One person died in the central Taiwanese city of Nantou when a tree fell on the truck he was driving. In the capital, Taipei, a motorcyclist lost his life after being crushed by an electric pole.

According to state services, at least 515 people were injured. The search for a four-person group of hunters in Nantou County is ongoing.

The typhoon was accompanied by winds gusting up to 184 kilometers per hour, which ripped off roofs and uprooted trees, as well as heavy rainfall causing mudslides. The services recorded over seven thousand reports, including 2.3 thousand. related to fallen trees.

As a result of the typhoon, over 33.6 thousand households across the country lost access to water, and at least 843,000 had a power outage.

On Friday, schools resumed across the country and offices, offices and public facilities were opened. There are still difficulties in land transport.

The weather service said Typhoon Kong-rey was comparable in strength to July's Typhoon Gaemi, the most powerful typhoon to hit Taiwan in eight years. Kong-rey's radius of 320 kilometers also made it the most extensive storm for almost three decades.

Kong-rey, already classified as a tropical storm, made landfall on Friday afternoon in Zhejiang province in southeast China, where more than 280,000 people have been evacuated so far. people.