00:00Typhoon Kraton made landfall as a Category 1 typhoon around midday on Thursday in Kaohsiung,
00:05having weakened as it rolled in, but still felling trees and streetlights and sending
00:09debris flying, with knee-high floodwaters flowing in some districts of the port city.
00:14The weird typhoon slammed into southwestern Taiwan, bringing heavy rain and flooding,
00:20cutting power to about 178,000 homes and causing two deaths in the island's east.
00:30The typhoon was very strong, about level 10 or 13.
00:34The iron gate on the water tower upstairs was very loud.
00:42It was pretty scary.
00:44The rain wasn't that heavy at first, so the rain hadn't flooded in yet.
00:51The rain and wind were very strong.
01:04Security footage showed the moment store equipment was blown away,
01:07as a weakened typhoon kraton slammed into southwestern Taiwan.
01:11The proprietor was still operating the store, which sells betel nuts,
01:15moments before the incident and had just stepped away to seek shelter
01:18after serving customers.
01:20The proprietor had left store earnings inside a drawer of the equipment that was blown away.
01:25Hundreds of flights were grounded and financial markets stayed closed for a second day.
01:30Heavy winds and floodwaters caused by rainfall left a trail of damages,
01:34with residents having to clean up the mess.
01:45As soon as the typhoon came, the drainage holes were filled with water,
01:53so we couldn't drain the water.
01:55The water level kept rising.
01:58Luckily, we were able to get to the first floor of the building
02:01because of the sandbags.
02:05If it hadn't been for the sandbags, we would have ended up on the third floor.
02:09Although weakened, kraton still left a trail of heavy destruction
02:12from the barrage of torrential rain,
02:14strong winds and storm surges coinciding with high tide.
02:18While typhoons often hit Taiwan's east coast facing the Pacific,
02:21kraton is unusual since it directly hit the west coast
02:25and also hovered off the coast before reaching land.
02:28Taiwan's media labelled it a weird storm.
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