TAIPEI: Taiwan evacuated more than 8,300 people ahead of Wednesday's (Nov 12) arrival of a much weakened Typhoon Fung-wong that brought heavy downpours to the mountainous east coast and unleashed floods that ran neck-high in places. Businesses and schools were shut in most southern areas of the island, with 51 people injured. Television images showed severe floods in parts of the largely rural eastern county of Yilan, with waters neck-deep as soldiers mounted rescue efforts for those stranded. "