TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Typhoon Krathon caused two deaths and hundreds of injuries while the water supply to tens of thousands of households in Kaohsiung was temporarily severed.

The Central Emergency Operation Center (CEOC) on Friday (Oct. 4) said two people were killed and 667 injured and one was missing as a result of the typhoon, per CNA. As of 8 a.m., 179 more people were injured, with the highest number of 137 reported in Kaohsiung, where the most damage reports were also issued.

Krathon was downgraded to a tropical depression on Friday. At 5:30 a.m., the Central Weather Administration (CWA) lifted its land and sea warnings for Krathon.

A total of 7,402 damage reports were recorded across Taiwan as a result of Krathon. This included 1,036 incidents in Kaohsiung and 166 in Pingtung County, with 5,022 cases still pending resolution. 

Most of these damage reports involved fallen trees and damage to essential public infrastructure.

The two deaths included a man in his 70s from Hualien County, who fell while trimming a tree at his home and died after being taken to the hospital. The other was a 66-year-old man from Taitung County, who was driving along the 392-kilometer mark of Provincial Highway 9 and crashed into roadside debris. 

He was rushed to the hospital but did not survive. One person is missing, suspected to be a foreign worker who was swept into the sea near Menghuan Beach in Yunlin County's Taixi Township.

Regarding a landslide incident in New Taipei's Ruifang District, 87 households, comprising 180 people have been primarily sheltered in place. Water and electricity supplies are normal, and there is no need for emergency evacuation or supplies. 

During the typhoon, 14 counties and cities, including Keelung and New Taipei, conducted preventive evacuations, according to the CEOC. As of 7 a.m., 11,362 people had been evacuated. Ten counties and cities set up 133 shelters, accommodating 2,117 people.

The CEOC reported that as of 8 a.m., there were four road sections affected by typhoon damage in New Taipei, Taitung, Kaohsiung, and Pingtung. Two sections were cleared in the morning, with one expected to be restored by Saturday (Oct. 5). The other, the Datan section of Provincial Highway 17 in Pingtung County's Donggang Township, will reopen when deemed safe. 

The CEOC also reported that the typhoon caused flooding in 543 locations across Taiwan, with 21 locations still underwater, including 16 in Keelung, four in Yilan County, and one in Pingtung County. A total of 387,000 households experienced power outages, with 102,000 households still without power, including about 60,000 in Kaohsiung, 41,000 in Pingtung County, 734 in Taitung County, and 47 in Keelung.

In addition, 18,206 households across Taiwan are still without water, including 14,667 in Kaohsiung, 3,329 in Pingtung County, and 210 in New Taipei. The water supply is expected to be restored by noon on Friday.