Typhoon Soulik rips through Taiwan on July 13, 2013.
One person has been killed and at least 31 others injured as Typhoon Soulik rips through Taiwan with torrential rain and powerful winds.
On Saturday, Taiwanâ„¢s Central Weather Bureau said that typhoon Soulik had made landfall on the northeast coast of the country with winds of up to 190 kilometers an hour.
“We expect Soulik to continue to affect Taiwan with heavy rains and strong winds throughout Saturday across Taiwan even though it is moving away and heading towards China,” a weather forecaster from the bureau said.
Reports say that electricity supplies in nearly 800,000 homes were cut off, around 170 flights into and out of Taiwan were cancelled or delayed, and offices and schools remained closed across Taiwan.
Meanwhile, torrential rain and landslides in China left more than 200 people dead or missing in recent days.
The Ministry of Civil Affairs said that more than two million people had been affected by flooding. It added that flooding had claimed the lives of at least five people in Inner Mongolia.
Moreover, China’s Xinhua news agency said at least 36 people had died in flooding in the southwestern province of Sichuan since the weekend, and 166 people were missing. Moreover, reports say that more than 100,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in the province and thousands of homes have been destroyed.
The state news agency added that another 13 people had died, with four missing, in the city of Yan’an in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province.
Mudslides and flooding are common in China’s mountainous areas, killing hundreds of people every year.
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Republished with permission from: Press TV