6 dead in Taiwan floods and 6,000 evacuated after 1,000mm of rainfall
Tropical depression has brought torrential rain to central and southern parts of the island since Thursday, with 1,100 still in shelters
Six people have been killed by floodwaters in Taiwan, officials said on Saturday, after days of heavy rain forced thousands to evacuate their homes.
A tropical depression has been dumping torrential rain in central and southern Taiwan since Thursday, with some districts receiving close to 1,000mm (39 inches) of rainfall.
The tropical depression is moving away from Taiwan, but continued to bring rain on Saturday.
Six have died in the storm so far, according to government figures, including three who were killed by a falling scaffold in the southern city of Kaohsiung. Almost 100 more were injured.
More than 6,000 people were evacuated with more than 1,100 still in shelters on Saturday morning, officials said.
An extremely heavy rain warning was issued for Pingtung county and heavy rain warnings for the rest of Taiwan, except for the outlying islands of Kinmen and Matsu.