Farming losses from typhoon reach NT$1.8bnTHE AFTERMATH: Typhoon Gaemi had stranded eight cargo ships, halted Alishan railway operations, and left 10 people dead, two missing and 895 injured in its wakeStaff Writer, with CNAAgricultural losses in Taiwan caused by Typhoon Gaemi totaled approximately NT$1.8 billion (US$54.83 million) as of 11am yesterday, Ministry of Agriculture statistics showed. The three administrative areas that sustained the greatest losses were Pingtung County at NT$386 million, Chiayi County at NT$384 million and Yunlin County at NT$368 million, the data showed. A taro field devastated by Typhoon Gaemi is pictured in Hualien County yesterday. The cargo ships ran aground along Tainan, Kaohsiung and Pingtung County coastlines, the CGA’s Southern Branch said. A chicken farm in Tainan flooded from torrential rain brought by Typhoon Gaemi is pictured in an undated photograph.
