UPDATE 4:40 p.m. with new death, injury data.

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Typhoon Kong-rey left three dead and 690 injured, while there was an estimated NT$487.3 million (US$15.25 million) in agricultural damages, reports said Saturday (Nov. 2).

The fatalities were a Thai woman, age 56, whose truck was hit by a falling tree in Nantou County, and a man, age 48, who died after a utility pole fell on him as he was riding a scooter in Taipei’s Neihu District, per CNA. 

The Central Emergency Operation Center (CEOC) added a third death Saturday afternoon, a migrant worker who had fallen off a platform in Taoyuan's Guanyin District, CNA reported. The number of injured rose from 580 to 690 on Saturday.

Four people reported missing during the typhoon were found in Nantou and airlifted to safety. Helicopters supplied food and other necessities to areas in Taoyuan and Hsinchu cut off from the outside by collapsed bridges and roads, according to the CEOC.

The storm passed across Taiwan Thursday (Oct. 31) and devastated farmers’ fields in several parts of the country. Yunlin registered NT$178 million in damage, with Hualien following at NT$158 million, per CNA. Garlic, corn, sugar apples, rice, and peanuts were the worst-hit crops.

President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) inspected typhoon damage in Yilan, paying special attention to water management. The central government budget for the year includes more than NT$30 billion to be spent on the issue, with the sum rising to NT$55.1 billion for next year, CNA reported. Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) meanwhile toured a fruit farm in Taitung.