7 dead, 52 injured after Typhoon Krosa

The bureau lifted the land warning at 5:30 p.m. after Krosa skirted Taiwan’s northeast regions as it lost steam and weakened to a tropical storm while moving on towards China at a speed of 14 kilometers per hour. CWB meteorologists warned residents in mountainous areas from Hsinchu County in the north to Pingtung County in the south of heavy rains brought by the remnants of the typhoon that could lead to more flooding and landslides.

Packing strong winds and rain, Krosa uprooted trees, interrupted traffic, cut off power and water supplies, and triggered landslides.

Rescuers using bulldozers found two bodies — a 60-year-old man and his 43-year-old son — after mudslides crushed their house along the Qingshan Path on Yangmingshan (Mt. Sunshine) outside Taipei.

In northern Hsinchu, a 79-year-old man fell to his death from a roof, while a cook was buried alive by landslides at a hostel where he worked, said the National Fire Agency, which coordinates rescue work.

In the northeastern county of Ilan, which bore the brunt of the powerful typhoon, a man was washed away by flashing floods sparked by heavy rains. The man’s body was found yesterday morning.

A 50-year-old woman was also killed when her motorcycle crashed into a road sign, the agency said.

Fifty-three people were injured by falling trees, signs or broken glass, it said.

Two residents in the southern county of Pingtung fell into separate sewage ditches, and were listed as missing.

President Chen Shui-bian’s hometown of Guantien in southern Tainan County was flooded as the anti-flooding facilities were inadequate to resist the flood brought by downpours.

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