Taiwan faced severe flooding and widespread disruptions as Typhoon Fung-wong, though significantly weakened, unleashed torrential rains across the island. Over 8,300 residents were evacuated from vulnerable areas, particularly in the eastern counties of Yilan and Hualien, where floodwaters reached neck-deep levels. The southern regions bore the brunt of the storm, with businesses and schools forced to close, and 51 people reported injured. Television broadcasts depicted dramatic scenes of soldiers rescuing stranded individuals in Yilan, while the harbor town of Suao recorded a staggering 648 mm (25 inches) of rainfall on Tuesday, a monthly record. Fisherman Hung Chun-yi described the rapid inundation of his home, emphasizing the overwhelming intensity of the downpour. Huang En-hong, a forecaster at Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration, linked the unseasonably late typhoon to broader climate change trends, warning of increasingly extreme weather patterns. Typhoon Fung-wong, which claimed 27 lives in the Philippines, is expected to skirt Taiwan’s southern tip before dissipating in the Pacific. Notably, the northern city of Hsinchu, home to TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, remained unaffected by the storm.