President vows aid in Meranti's wakeTAIPEI, Taiwan -- President Tsai Ing-wen paid a visit to the most severely flooded areas of Pingtung on Thursday and pledged later that the government would strive to quickly restore normalcy to affected citizens. In Pingtung, more than 600 people remain stranded in the three villages of Jiadon Township, where streets were flooded and power was offline. After meeting with the locals, Tsai asked that more plumbers be sent to the flooded regions and that Taiwan Power Company speed up repairs on the power grid. Guava growers took the brunt of the storm, losing NT$245.6 million worth of crops. Statistics show NT$58.7 million worth of private infrastructure also sustained storm damage, with agricultural facilities sustaining the greatest damage, worth about NT$44.4 million.

Source: The China Post September 15, 2016 16:07 UTC