Torrential rains unleashed by a slow-moving typhoon battered Taiwan on Thursday, flooding low-lying areas and paralyzing life across broad swathes of the densely populated island of 23 million people.
Typhoon Saola, which killed 23 people in the Philippines earlier this week, has already been blamed by local media for seven deaths in Taiwan, though the official toll puts the death count at three.
Dozens of flights were cancelled at Taipei’s main international airport, where heavy winds destroyed two jetways, and rail transport throughout the island was disrupted.
By Thursday afternoon, Saola was centred on the northeastern county of Ilan, where rescuers were using
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