Island reopens after typhoon chaos


Workers clearing the area around Shicheng train station in Yilan. — AFP

The island cleared up and offices and financial markets reopened after the powerful Typhoon Kong-rey swept through it causing two deaths and snarling transport, as the remnant of the storm brushed the Chinese coast.

Kong-rey slammed into Taiwan’s mountainous and sparsely populated east coast on Thursday afternoon, the largest storm by size to hit the island in nearly 30 years.

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