Overview

• Storms dumped over 2.6 to 2.8 metres of rain since July 28, surpassing Taiwan’s annual average and triggering widespread floods and landslides.
• Four people have died, three remain missing and 77 were injured as nearly 6,000 residents evacuated in the largest southern Taiwan evacuation in over a decade.
• Authorities expect rainfall to subside in the coming days but maintain flood and landslide warnings in mountainous regions.
• Rescue teams have reached remote villages to deliver emergency food and medical supplies to residents cut off by flooding.
• Premier Cho Jung-tai said his cabinet will propose a special budget this week to fund relief operations and infrastructure reconstruction.