Taiwan faces the most severe flood

On June 12, rescue workers said at least four people had died and one person was injured in a landslide caused by heavy rains in two areas of central Taiwan.

In some big cities, schools have been temporarily closed.

Taiwan is facing the most severe flood since Typhoon Morakot landed on the island in 2009, causing massive landslides that killed more than 600 people.

The national fire department said two people were killed and one was injured when a temporary shelter in the mountainous area of ​​Nantou County was buried by landslides. Heavy rain also destroyed roads and electrical systems.

Two men working for the Forest Department in Taichung City were taken immediately to the hospital on June 11 with serious injuries when landslides buried their offices, but despite all efforts emergency, both died that day.

Officials said, in northern Taoyan County, 20,000 chickens were drowned when a farm was engulfed by flash floods.

Floods have been reported across the region since the evening of June 11, with rainfall reaching more than 700ml in some areas, while Taiwan's Weather Forecast Office warned that the rain would be even bigger in the week. this.