TAIPEI: At least 15 people were killed and approximately 46 people sustained injuries in Taiwan after Typhoon Ragasa brought torrential rainfall, authorities have said, according to local media reports on Thursday.

The tropical cyclone Ragasa had formed last week over the Pacific Ocean last week rapidly intensified to become a Category 5 super typhoon on Monday with winds exceeding 260kph (162mph). It made landfall in the Philippines on Monday before making its way to Taiwan, Hong Kong and China.

Ragasa was downgraded from a super to a severe typhoon on Wednesday and has moved along the southern Chinese coast toward Vietnam today. Taiwan’s national fire agency revised the death toll from the earlier reported toll of 17, Focus Taiwan said. As of Thursday morning, the storm had killed at l

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