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Tropical Storm Haitang Hammered Taiwan With More Heavy Rain, Flooding Immediately After Nesat

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Tropical Storm Haitang brought torrential rain to Taiwan just one day after Typhoon Nesat dumped over 20 inches of rain on the island.

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What was once Nesat dissipated to a remnant low over eastern China, then Haitang swamped southern Taiwan with heavy rainfall.

(NEWS: More Than 100 Injured in Taiwan From Nesat, Haitang)

Particularly hard hit was Pingtung County in the southern tip of Taiwan, where over 36 inches of rain fell in about two days' time in Dahanshan. Ten other locations in the county picked up at least 600 millimeters (just shy of 2 feet) of rain in that same time period, according to the Taiwan Central Weather Bureau.

Both Nesat and Haitang were embedded in a larger-scale gyre of low pressure that also brought flooding rain to Luzon in the northern Philippines, including the country's capital city, Manila.

(NEWS: Monsoon Rains Enhanced by Nesat Trigger Flooding in the Philippines)

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