Taiwan says two dead, 30 missing in east of island after Super Typhoon Ragasa

Stranded cars are seen as mud covers a neighbourhood after water from a burst landslide dam flooded the area in Hualien on Sept 23. - Photo: AFP

TAIPEI: Taiwan’s fire department said on Tuesday (Sept 23) that 30 people were missing and two people had died in the eastern county of Hualien, where a barrier lake in the mountains burst its banks in a typhoon.

Super Typhoon Ragasa pounded the island on Sept 23 with torrential rain, flooding a nearby town and trapping more than 260 people, officials said.