The aftermath of deadly flooding in Guangfu Township, Hualien County, in eastern Taiwan, caused by a supertyphoon hundreds of miles away that left at least 14 people dead and more than 100 missing. Photo by Ritchie B. Tongo/EPA
Sept. 24 (UPI) -- At least 14 people were killed by flooding in Taiwan and more than 120 remain unaccounted for after torrential rain from supertyphoon Ragasa caused a lake to implode.
The mountain lake in Hualien County in the east of the country burst its banks on Tuesday afternoon, sending a 60 million ton wall of water down the hillside and smashing into the town of Guangfu, 125 miles south of Taipei.
Rescue workers were rushing to reach the area, which is in a remote region far from Taiwan's major population centers along the eastern seaboard and the north.
The flood swept away a major bridge, left cars and motorcycles piled on top of each other and forced more than 5,200 of Guangfu's 8,700 residents to take refuge on the upper floors of their houses, while many left their homes.
