Photo gallery: Typhoon Saola makes landfall in Taiwan, hundreds evacuated
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A car sits in flood waters from approaching Typhoon Saola in suburban Taipei, Taiwan, on Aug 2, 2012. Typhoon Saola reached Taiwan early on Thursday, causing nearly the entire island to close down and bringing torrential rains that could linger until next week, officials said.-- PHOTO: AP
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A woman reacts upon her umbrella was damaged by strong winds from an approaching typhoon in Taipei, Taiwan, on Aug 1, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Tourists brave winds and rain from an approaching typhoon in Taipei, Taiwan on Wednesday, Aug 1, 2012. Torrential rains from Typhoon Saola battered eastern Taiwan on Wednesday after killing at least 14 people and displacing 154,000 in the Philippines. -- PHOTO: AP
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A motorist rides past a tree and a motorcycle felled by Typhoon Saola in Taipei on Aug 2, 2012. Taiwanese markets were closed on Thursday due to the typhoon, as the stock exchange, offices and businesses in the capital were ordered to close.-- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A man walks past a tree felled by Typhoon Saola in Taipei on Aug 2, 2012. Taiwanese markets were closed on Thursday as the typhoon crosses the island. The stock exchange, offices and businesses in the capital Taipei were ordered to close by the city government. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A city bus sits in flood waters from approaching Typhoon Saola in suburban Taipei, Taiwan on Thursday, Aug 2, 2012. The slow-moving typhoon spawning torrential rains slammed into eastern Taiwan on early Thursday, flooding farmlands, disrupting transportation and turning the normally bustling capital of Taipei into a ghost town. -- PHOTO: AP
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Tourists brave winds and rain from the approaching Typhoon Saola in Taipei, Taiwan on Wednesday, Aug 1, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
A car sits in flood waters from approaching Typhoon Saola in suburban Taipei, Taiwan, on Aug 2, 2012. Typhoon Saola reached Taiwan early on Thursday, causing nearly the entire island to close down and bringing torrential rains that could linger until next week, officials said.-- PHOTO: AP
A woman reacts upon her umbrella was damaged by strong winds from an approaching typhoon in Taipei, Taiwan, on Aug 1, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Tourists brave winds and rain from an approaching typhoon in Taipei, Taiwan on Wednesday, Aug 1, 2012. Torrential rains from Typhoon Saola battered eastern Taiwan on Wednesday after killing at least 14 people and displacing 154,000 in the Philippines. -- PHOTO: AP
A motorist rides past a tree and a motorcycle felled by Typhoon Saola in Taipei on Aug 2, 2012. Taiwanese markets were closed on Thursday due to the typhoon, as the stock exchange, offices and businesses in the capital were ordered to close.-- PHOTO: REUTERS
A man walks past a tree felled by Typhoon Saola in Taipei on Aug 2, 2012. Taiwanese markets were closed on Thursday as the typhoon crosses the island. The stock exchange, offices and businesses in the capital Taipei were ordered to close by the city government. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A city bus sits in flood waters from approaching Typhoon Saola in suburban Taipei, Taiwan on Thursday, Aug 2, 2012. The slow-moving typhoon spawning torrential rains slammed into eastern Taiwan on early Thursday, flooding farmlands, disrupting transportation and turning the normally bustling capital of Taipei into a ghost town. -- PHOTO: AP
Tourists brave winds and rain from the approaching Typhoon Saola in Taipei, Taiwan on Wednesday, Aug 1, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
