Market Update 13 August 2015
Typhoon Soudelor, Taiwan Crawford Taiwan T: +886 2718 6620 Crawford’s Taiwan office is responding to claims F: +886 2718 9101
following the landfall of Typhoon Soudelor over the
course of the last weekend. Leo Chen
Country Manager
The storm is so far the most intense tropical cyclone to M: +886 978 668 986
hit the Northern Hemisphere this year and struck Taiwan [email protected] severely. At least 4.3m homes have been left without
power; the country’s Central Weather Bureau said the Crawford Hong Kong storm brought with it wind gusts of up to 208km/h, and a T: +852 2526 5137 sustained wind speed of 173km/h. F: +852 2845 0598
It was classified as a Category 4 severe tropical storm, Mike Campbell‐Pitt between midnight Friday and 6 a.m. Saturday. Taiping Greater China General Manager Mountain in eastern Taiwan's Yilan County topped all M: +852 6292 7300 regions with an accumulated rainfall of 1,099mm (43.3 [email protected] in). Strong winds from the typhoon caused the skyscraper
Taipei 101's tuned mass damper to sway a record 100 cm Crawford Singapore (39 in). Regional Asia Pacific Offices
T: +65 6318 9999 There were at least seven people reported dead, five F: +65 6438 0085 missing and 402 injuries attributed to the storm.
Chris Panes As of 9 August, over 131,000 households were still Chief Executive Officer, Asia without water and at least 53,000 households in M: +65 9727 6017 Northern Taiwan were forced to draw water from directly [email protected] from reservoirs.
Ian Baxter All 279 domestic flights into the Capital’s airport were Regional Director canceled on Saturday, as well as at least 37 international Global Technical Services, Asia Pacific flights. T: +65 6318 999
M: +65 9834 7667 Crawford’s Taiwan office has been spared any damage [email protected] and our team of adjusters is ready to respond to claims
arising from the storm. www.crawfordandcompany.com