Monday, Aug 10, 2009
The collapsed Jinshuai Hotel lies in the Jhihben River in Jhihben Township, Taitung County, yesterday.
Torrential rains brought by Tropical Storm Morakot, which was downgraded from a typhoon on Saturday, continued to wreak havoc in the south of the country yesterday.
As of 8pm yesterday, the Central Disaster Emergency Operation Center had confirmed seven fatalities, while another 32 were injured and 46 were missing.
A total of 6,301 people had been evacuated from their homes, the center said.
Though the center of the storm left Taiwan on Saturday, heavy rain from the rim of the system continued to cause major damage.
In eastern Taiwan, the Jinshuai Hotel in Jhihben (知本), Taitung County, collapsed into the Jhihben River just before noon after its foundations were eroded by surging floodwaters.
A report in the Chinese-language Liberty Times (the Taipei Times sister newspaper) said the management of the hotel had begun evacuating guests on Saturday after roads leading to the town, which is popular for its hot springs, were washed away by the river.
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