Typhoon Nock-Ten Strikes Island, Killing 3
From Times Wire Reports
Typhoon Nock-ten lashed northern Taiwan with powerful wind and driving rain, disrupting airline flights and closing financial markets, schools and government offices. Flash floods killed three people, including a TV cameraman and a firefighter.
Nock-ten’s eye passed just north of the capital, Taipei, and Taipei County recorded floodwaters up to two stories high, officials said. Nock-ten means “bird†in Lao.
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