Typhoon Doksuri hit southern Taiwan after hitting the Philippines on Thursday, killing at least six people as the storm's high winds and rain triggered floods and landslides.
The storm, which is classified as the second-strongest typhoon by Taiwan's weather bureau, was heading south of the Taiwan Strait Thursday morning with maximum winds of 191 kilometers (118 miles) per hour.
Doksuri has lost some strength since hitting the northern Philippine coastline on Wednesday, causing river banks to burst their banks, flooding low-lying villages and triggering dozens of landslides.
A mother, her child and two other children were killed when a landslide buried a house in the town of Buzias in Benguet province. In the nearby resort city of Baguio, a 17-year-old died when soil loosened by heavy rain buried his house, officials said.
On Thursday, Taiwan's weather bureau issued a wind and rain warning for southern Taiwan, including the main port city of Kaohsiung, where businesses and schools were closed and a landslide warning was issued.
All domestic flights on the island were suspended and a small number of international flights were cancelled. Rail services between southern and eastern Taiwan are closed.
台风“多克苏里”袭击台湾，菲律宾六人死亡
台风“多旭丽”周四袭击菲律宾后袭击了台湾南部，风暴带来的强风和降雨引发了洪水和山体滑坡，造成至少六人死亡。
这场被台湾气象局列为第二强台风的风暴于周四上午向台湾海峡以南移动，最大风速为每小时 191 公里（118 英里）。
自周三袭击菲律宾北部海岸线以来，多克斯里已经失去了一些力量，导致河岸决堤，淹没了低洼村庄，并引发了数十起山体滑坡。
本格特省布齐亚斯镇的山体滑坡掩埋了一座房屋，一名母亲、她的孩子和另外两个孩子丧生。 官员称，在附近的度假城市碧瑶，一名 17 岁的年轻人因大雨松动的土壤掩埋了他的房子而死亡。
周四，台湾气象局向台湾南部发布风雨警告，包括主要港口城市高雄，该地区企业和学校关闭，并发布山体滑坡警告。
岛上所有国内航班暂停，少量国际航班取消。 台湾南部和东部之间的铁路服务已关闭。
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