One death, flooding in Yilan because of Typhoon Parma

A 43-year-old man living in Beinan township in southeastern Taiwan's Taitung County, surnamed Wei, drowned after falling in a flooded river, the center said.

Heavy rains from the typhoon triggered serious flooding in Yilan in northeastern Taiwan, submerging Yilan City and townships including Sansing, Wujie, Dongshan, Jhuangwei, Datong, Toucheng and Luodong in waters ranging between 10-50 centimeters high.

The CEOC said that between Sunday dawn and 9 p.m. Monday, Hansi in Dongshan township received 1,121 mm of rainfall, the most of anywhere in Taiwan, followed by 1,046 mm in Sansing, and 949 mm in Datong township's Niudou.

Other areas affected by the storm were Hejhong in Hualien County's Sioulin township, which received 671 mm of rain, and Rueifang town in Taipei County, which recorded rainfall of 444 mm, the center said.

Meanwhile, 74 rivers on the island were given red alerts for flooding, including 56 in Yilan County and 18 in Hualien County.

Another 227 rivers had yellow alerts, indicating that nearby residents should be aware of possible flooding, the Soil and Water Conservation Bureau under the Council of Agriculture (COA) reported Tuesday.

In addition, the COA issued landslide red alerts for 109 areas -- all in Yilan and Hualien counties, suggesting local governments to "forcibly" evacuate residents to safe places.

Typhoon Parma has weakened to a tropical storm after its periphery swept over the southern tip of Taiwan Monday.

The Central Weather Bureau reported that as of 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, the storm was centered 310 km south-southwest of Eluanbi, at Taiwan's southernmost tip, moving in a south-southwesterly direction at a speed of 10 km per hour.

The bureau maintained its sea warning for the storm after lifting its land warning the previous night.

Under the joint influence of the storm's outer rim and the northeast monsoon, the weather bureau predicted Tuesday that rainfall in Hualien County will increase to 800-1,200 mm in mountainous areas and 500-700 mm in lowland areas.

It warned people in the northeastern and eastern areas of Taiwan to remain on the alert for torrential rains.

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