Over half a million homes are without power in Taiwan while officials survey the damage caused by Typhoon Dujuan. Two deaths were reported as well as hundreds of injuries. Dujuan made landfall in China Tuesday morning with an average sustained wind at 74 mph.
Two to three feet of rain have been reported from Taiwan in a number of mountain locations with wind gusts as high as 154 mph.
The torrential rainfall from what is left of the Typhoon still torment the already battered Taiwan, threatening more flooding and dangerous mudslides.
Typhoon Dujuan is forecasted to rapidly weaken and dissipate as it moves over the terrain of southeastern China.
With wind gusts over 150 miles per hour Typhoon Dujuan has slammed into Taiwan. Dujuan has been categorized as a Super-typhoon and has left 24 injured as the incredible winds and massive rain battered the Island on Monday evening.
Most of the 24 people hurt suffered minor injuries, the island’s Emergency Operation Center said, many of them hit by flying debris.
More than 7,000 people have been evacuated in anticipation of the storm. About 200 people staying in emergency shelters.
So far, more than 330,000 home are without electricity and tens of thousands of troops are on standby.
Rainfall amounts have already reached 30 inches in some areas spawning fears of mudslides in the mountains.
China has issued its top alert as the storm approaches the mainland.
