Updated: July 27, 2024 20:45 p.m.
The Central Emergency Operation Center reported on Saturday (July 27) that there were 10 deaths, 2 missing persons, and 880 injuries as of 3 p.m. on Saturday.
Updated: July 27, 2024 12:45 p.m.
The Central Emergency Operation Center reported on Saturday (July 27) that there were 9 deaths, 2 missing persons, and 877 injuries as of 8 a.m. on Saturday.
Published: July 27, 2024 10:15 a.m.
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Typhoon Gaemi caused eight deaths, the disappearance of one person and 866 injuries as of 8 p.m. on Friday (July 26), according to Taiwan’s Central Emergency Operation Center.
A new death was reported in Chiayi. The highest number of casualties are in Kaohsiung, Tainan, and Taichung, per CNA.
The Central Emergency Operation Center pointed out that four incidents were not included in the typhoon-related casualty statistics. Local governments have determined that they are not directly related to the typhoon.
The missing person is a 67-year-old man surnamed Kuo (郭), believed to have fallen into a drainage culvert on Taiwan Provincial Highway 3 in Fanlu, Chiayi. Due to darkness, the search and rescue operation is continuing Saturday (July 27).
Typhoon-caused deaths:
- Falling rock, 58-year-old male supervisor at Alishan Forest Railway Garage Park (Chiayi)
- Fallen tree, 64-year-old female motorcyclist (Kaohsiung)
- Falling object (roof), 44-year-old woman (Hualien)
- Mudslide,78-year-old man (Kaohsiung)
- Fall during repairs (home), 65-year-old man (Tainan)
- Motorcycle accident (tree branch), 75-year-old man (Yunlin)
- Found dead (residence), 54-year-old woman (Chiayi)
- Unidentified body, (Chiayi)
Numbers are based on reports as of 8 p.m., July 26, and may increase.
Deaths not directly related to typhoon:
- Death of village chief (Sanxia, New Taipei, overturned excavator)
- Car accident fatality (Penghu)
- Drowning (fishpond, Kaohsiung)
- Disappearance of child (pumping station, Yunlin)
