Typhoon Dujuan

Just one month after the island nation was battered by the massive Typhoon Soudelor, Taiwan's residents, fearing another disaster, have sheltered from another tropical system bearing down on their country.

Taiwan's National Fire Agency, part of the Ministry of the Interior, has already reported 50 injuries. There were no deaths and nobody missing at the time of the report.

So far 7,125 people have been evacuated, more than 2,000 people were spread amongst 72 shelters, and 168,500 households are without running water, the report continued. According to the Taiwan Power Company, 1.8 million households lost power at some point during the storm, with 700,000 people remaining in the dark.

"To be honest, we all feel very depressed. Any damage may further prolong the time needed for reconstruction," Chou Chih-kang, a Wulai neighborhood chief, told the French Press Agency (AFP).

Dujuan's approach is just one month after Typhoon Soudelor dumped more than 50 inches of rain in parts of Taiwan. The storm killed at least eight people in Taiwan and 26 in China. At its peak intensity, Soudelor became the strongest storm on the planet in 2015.

Now, officials are preparing for the possibility of more disaster. At least 24,000 troops have been put on alert to respond to emergencies, and 100 shelters have been prepared in Taiwan, AFP also reported.

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