More than 200 people were injured when Typhoon Kong-Rey hit Taiwan – emergency situations

HONG KONG, October 31. /TASS/. At least 205 people suffered various injuries after Typhoon Kong-Rey made landfall on Taiwan’s eastern coast, the island’s disaster response center said.

At least one person is dead. About 11,900 inhabitants were evacuated from mountain and coastal regions.

Supertyphoon Kong-Rey made landfall on Taiwan’s eastern coast around 1:40 p.m. local time (8:40 a.m. Moscow time) in Taitung County. The authorities declared Thursday a day off from work, canceled classes at educational institutions and put emergency services on high alert. More than 500 flights and almost 140 ferry routes were canceled across the island. At least one person is dead, 73 are injured, and approximately 8,600 residents have been evacuated from high-risk areas.

The storm formed on October 25 in the western Pacific Ocean near the Philippines and intensified into a typhoon on October 29.