Typhoon Marakot turned out to be one of the worst in 50 years to hit the island, with much of the southern parts of Taiwan completely flooded. The north did not evade its wrath either but was not close to the extent the south faced. Towns completely submerged, a hotel in Chiben completely collapsing into the river, a mudslide which submerged a village and its 300 residents. It then went on to China where one million people were evacuated to safety. This did not however stop the chaos, landslides and deaths which came with it. Another Typhoon was also effecting Japan at the time also. On top of this were two massive earthquakes. One in India and the other in Japan both above 6 on the Richter scale. Asia is really getting the brunt of it right now!
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