Taiwan's Typhoon Terror

Floodwater from the typhoon caused severe damage to the Hotel Chin Shuai in Chihpen in southeastern Taiwan's Taitung county
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Washed Away
Floodwater from the typhoon caused severe damage to the Hotel Chin Shuai in Chihpen in southeastern Taiwan's Taitung county. Troops have been dispatched to rescue thousands of residents trapped in the island's worst flooding in 50 years.

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