Typhoon Matmo in Taiwan, July 23, 2014

With Super Typhoon Soudelor set to hit Taiwan this Friday, I thought it is a good time to show the power of Typhoon Matmo from July 2014.

Stock Footage of Typhoon Matmo in Taiwan

 

Typhoon Matmo made landfall in Taiwan at midnight local time, July 23, 2014. It brought severe winds and torrential rain to Taiwan. At least 10 people were injured. It washed out one bridge, and disrupted electricity in Hualien on the east of Taiwan, but it did not cause much other damage.

Typhoon Matmo in Taiwan

 

Matmo made landfall with winds of over 160 km/h. The heaviest rain the typhoon brought was across the higher terrain of the east and interior Taiwan, dumping 650 millimeters of rain in the mountainous areas in the eastern coastal counties of Taitung and Hualien. Taipei had rainfall of 50–100 mm with wind gusts close to 100 km/h.

HD Stock Footage of Typhoon Matmo in Taiwan

For more HD Stock Footage of typhoons in Taiwan, see my collection on Pond 5.

Typhoon Soulik

Typhoons that come over Taiwan seem to do a lot of damage to the south and simmer down to tropical storm level before they hit Taipei. Typhoon Soulik simmered down to a category 2 typhoon. We went out to Jiaoxi and Su-ao to film the Typhoon Soulik passing over.

Footage from Typhoon Soulik in Jiaoxi, Tawan

Typhoon Soulik reached speeds of 173 km/h (100mph) on Saturday morning.  Blowing over scooters and uprooting trees. One person has been reported dead, and about 20 injured.

Footage from Typhoon Soulik in Jiaoxi, Tawan

Tree being blown into the tunnel.

Emergency evacuation procedures were implemented.  Roads and bridges that were likely to get damaged were closed and fishing boats returned to the shore before the typhoon arrived. Five thousand residents in the South were taken to shelters.

Stock Footage of Typhoon Soulik in Jiaoxi, Tawan

Scooters piled up.

Blue truck blown over.

Tree blown over by Typhoon Soulik

Two cars under some trees that Typhoon Soulik blew over

Xindian River in Taipei flooded after Typhoon Soulik

Xindian River in Taipei flooded after Typhoon Soulik

Xindian River in Taipei flooded after Typhoon Soulik

HD Stock Footage ofTyphoon Soulik in Jiaoxi, Tawan

For more HD Stock Footage of typhoons please see my collection on Pond 5.




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