The Hongyeh (紅葉) Hot Spring Zone has been buried in a mudflow.
The bureau also estimated that the damage to hotels in Nantou, Chiayi, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Pingtung and Taitung had reached NT$137 million.
Meanwhile, 16 Chinese tourists were reported to be trapped in Alishan (阿里山) and 81 tourists were stranded on Green Island and Liouciou Island as they waited for boat services to resume.
ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY SHELLEY SHAN AND FLORA WANG
RSS