Overview

• Typhoon Danas made landfall near Budai on July 6 with wind speeds of 144 km/h, triggering floods in 49 zones and at least 10 landslides across southern and western Taiwan.
• Authorities evacuated approximately 3,500 residents, many from mountain villages around Kaohsiung, and are housing them in emergency shelters.
• Officials confirmed two fatalities—a 60-year-old man who suffered respiratory distress and a 69-year-old man killed by a falling tree—and treated about 491 people for injuries.
• The storm cut power to nearly 388,000 households and forced the cancellation of more than 30 international flights as ongoing heavy showers slow recovery efforts.
• Climate scientists warn that warming sea temperatures are strengthening Taiwan’s typhoons, leading to heavier rainfall, more frequent flash floods and powerful gusts.