Over 75% of typhoon-related incidents reported in Chiayi, Tainan: CEOC

Taipei, July 9 (CNA) Typhoon Danas, which battered Taiwan late Sunday and Monday morning, resulted in two deaths, 708 injuries, and 8,040 incidents such as infrastructure damage and falling trees, the Central Emergency Operations Center (CEOC) said Wednesday.

According to the latest briefing held by the CEOC on the storm, over 75 percent of the incidents were concentrated in Tainan and Chiayi County and City in southern Taiwan, with 4,349 incidents reported in Tainan, 1,644 in Chiayi City and 815 in Chiayi County.

Both deaths and the most typhoon-related injuries (286) were reported in Tainan, followed by Chiayi City with 173 injured and Chiayi County with 150 injuries, according to the CEOC report.

Due to Danas, over 880,000 households experienced power outages at its peak and 72,882 households remained without power as of Wednesday morning, the CEOC said.

In addition, 12,258 landline telecom users experienced service disruptions, with 1,192 still waiting for service to be restored, and 1,367 telecom base stations were damaged, with 430 still under repair.

The latest agricultural loss estimate due to the typhoon rose to NT$1.46 billion on Wednesday, with Chiayi County the worst hit with losses of NT$585.46 million (40 percent), followed by Tainan at NT$469.8 million (32 percent) and Yunlin County at NT$271.55 million (19 percent).

Among crops, pomelos were the hardest hit, with losses reaching NT$209.98 million, followed by bananas, bamboo shoots, oranges, and tangerines.

Meanwhile, around 703 tourists remained stranded in the outlying Matsu Islands as of Tuesday, according to the CEOC.

As of 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, a total of 3,780 people had been evacuated from 11 cities and counties. In Taiwan, 11 shelters had been opened, housing around 68 people, the CEOC said.