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PHOTO ESSAY/New Taipei districts flooded by storm Krathon

10/05/2024 06:49 PM
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A temple in Jinshan District, New Taipei, lies half-buried under mud and rocks on Saturday after storm Krathon brought torrential rain to Taiwan's northern coast the previous day. CNA photo, Oct. 5, 2024.
A temple in Jinshan District, New Taipei, lies half-buried under mud and rocks on Saturday after storm Krathon brought torrential rain to Taiwan's northern coast the previous day. CNA photo, Oct. 5, 2024.

Taipei, Oct. 5 (CNA) Despite being downgraded from a typhoon, storm Krathon still caused extensive damage and flooding in four districts in New Taipei, northern Taiwan, Friday.

Following the deaths of a husband and wife in Jinshan District late Friday, the storm has so far claimed four lives and injured 714.

New Taipei Environmental Protection Department personnel clean a street in Jinshan District. CNA photo, Oct. 5, 2024.
New Taipei Environmental Protection Department personnel clean a street in Jinshan District. CNA photo, Oct. 5, 2024.
A resident of Jinshan District moves a muddied scooter. CNA photo, Oct. 5, 2024.
A resident of Jinshan District moves a muddied scooter. CNA photo, Oct. 5, 2024.
A man surveys his storm-damaged residence in Jinshan District. CNA photo, Oct. 5, 2024.
A man surveys his storm-damaged residence in Jinshan District. CNA photo, Oct. 5, 2024.
Walls damaged by Friday's flooding are seen in a living room in Jinshan District. CNA photo, Oct. 5, 2024.
Walls damaged by Friday's flooding are seen in a living room in Jinshan District. CNA photo, Oct. 5, 2024.
A woman stands on the rocks next to floodwaters in Jinshan District. CNA photo, Oct. 5, 2024
A woman stands on the rocks next to floodwaters in Jinshan District. CNA photo, Oct. 5, 2024
Water rages through a river swollen by the previous day's torrential rain in Sanzhi District on Saturday. CNA photo, Oct. 5, 2024.
Water rages through a river swollen by the previous day's torrential rain in Sanzhi District on Saturday. CNA photo, Oct. 5, 2024.
Piles of mud lie around a temple in Sanzhi District on Saturday after the floodwaters receded. CNA photo, Oct. 5, 2024.
Piles of mud lie around a temple in Sanzhi District on Saturday after the floodwaters receded. CNA photo, Oct. 5, 2024.
Two men ride a scooter through a business street in Jinshan District on Saturday as shopkeepers tidy up their stores. CNA photo, Oct. 5, 2024.
Two men ride a scooter through a business street in Jinshan District on Saturday as shopkeepers tidy up their stores. CNA photo, Oct. 5, 2024.
Two Jinshan residents pull a cloth along the road to clean up the street in front of their home. CNA photo, Oct. 5, 2024.
Two Jinshan residents pull a cloth along the road to clean up the street in front of their home. CNA photo, Oct. 5, 2024.
A man pushes his bike through a flooded street in Jinshan District. CNA photo Oct. 5, 2024
A man pushes his bike through a flooded street in Jinshan District. CNA photo Oct. 5, 2024

(By Chao Yen-hsiang)

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