Typhoon Krathon made landfall as a Category 1 typhoon around midday on Thursday in Kaohsiung, having weakened as it rolled in but still felling trees and street-lights and sending debris flying, with knee-high flood waters flowing in some districts of the port city.
The “weird” typhoon slammed into southwestern Taiwan, bringing heavy rain and flooding, cutting power to about 178,000 homes and causing two deaths in the island's east.
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The “weird” typhoon slammed into southwestern Taiwan, bringing heavy rain and flooding, cutting power to about 178,000 homes and causing two deaths in the island's east.
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00:00Typhoon Kraton made landfall as a Category 1 typhoon around midday on Thursday in Kaohsiung,
00:05having weakened as it rolled in, but still felling trees and streetlights and sending
00:09debris flying, with knee-high floodwaters flowing in some districts of the port city.
00:14The weird typhoon slammed into southwestern Taiwan, bringing heavy rain and flooding,
00:20cutting power to about 178,000 homes and causing two deaths in the island's east.
00:30The typhoon was very strong, about level 10 or 13.
00:34The iron gate on the water tower upstairs was very loud.
00:42It was pretty scary.
00:44The rain wasn't that heavy at first, so the rain hadn't flooded in yet.
00:51The rain and wind were very strong.
01:04Security footage showed the moment store equipment was blown away,
01:07as a weakened typhoon kraton slammed into southwestern Taiwan.
01:11The proprietor was still operating the store, which sells betel nuts,
01:15moments before the incident and had just stepped away to seek shelter
01:18after serving customers.
01:20The proprietor had left store earnings inside a drawer of the equipment that was blown away.
01:25Hundreds of flights were grounded and financial markets stayed closed for a second day.
01:30Heavy winds and floodwaters caused by rainfall left a trail of damages,
01:34with residents having to clean up the mess.
01:45As soon as the typhoon came, the drainage holes were filled with water,
01:53so we couldn't drain the water.
01:55The water level kept rising.
01:58Luckily, we were able to get to the first floor of the building
02:01because of the sandbags.
02:05If it hadn't been for the sandbags, we would have ended up on the third floor.
02:09Although weakened, kraton still left a trail of heavy destruction
02:12from the barrage of torrential rain,
02:14strong winds and storm surges coinciding with high tide.
02:18While typhoons often hit Taiwan's east coast facing the Pacific,
02:21kraton is unusual since it directly hit the west coast
02:25and also hovered off the coast before reaching land.
02:28Taiwan's media labelled it a weird storm.