typhoon

TAIPEI—The people of Taiwan carry out their lives under the threat of typhoons, earthquakes, tsunamis and military invasion.

This week's earthquake comes in the middle of a fierce typhoon season.

The earthquake comes barely more than a week after the country was hit by back-to-back typhoons which killed more than a dozen people.

Dozens are missing or injured after the typhoon made landfall on Sunday night, flooding roads, washing away bridges and tearing roofs off buildings before weakening and moving into neighbouring Laos.

The administrator said officials might have underestimated Ragasa's impact - the lake had not breached its banks when a weaker typhoon hit last month.