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Morakot had smashed into the northern Philippines early Friday, triggering floods and landslides that killed at least 12 people. Morakot dumped up to 65 inches (1,651 millimeters) of rain on parts of southern and eastern Taiwan on Friday and Saturday, leaving villages in Taitung, Pingtung and Kaohsiung counties partially submerged. A 67-year-old woman died late Friday when she drove her motorcycle into a ditch during heavy rain in Kaohsiung in the south, the National Fire Agency said in a statement posted on its Web site. The Apple Daily newspaper said a 47-year-old man slammed his car into a train in torrential rain in eastern Yilan county late Friday and died on the spot. The newspaper did not provide a source and local authorities could not immediately confirm the report. Another five people were missing and feared dead, the National Fire Agency said. Two were fishermen whose boat capsized off the coast of Pingtung county in the south, the agency said. One man fell into the sea in eastern Taitung county and a 50-year-old woman fell into a river in Kaohsiung, the agency said. A villager, also in Taitung, set off on a fishing expedition early Friday as the storm approached the island but no one has been able to contact him since, it said. It did not provide any more details. The agency said at least 17 people were injured in the storm. The weather bureau said parts of Pintung county had recorded up to 65 inches (1,651 millimeters) of rainfall since midnight Thursday. Dozens of homes were flooded in Taimali Township in Taitung and rescuers told ETTV cable news that about half a dozen people had been stranded on rooftops. The government-owned Central News Agency said residents of five villages in Taimali evacuated their homes and that 40,000 households had no power. Pingtung County Magistrate Tsao Chi-hung told ETTV he had asked the military for help and that telecommunications had been lost in parts of his constituency. Landslides blocked or damaged roads and bridges in the central county of Nantou, and Sanlih TV news said authorities closed about a dozen bridges along the Kaohsiung-Pingtung border because of fears they could collapse in the torrential rain and floods. Some flights to Asian and domestic destinations were canceled Saturday, and Taiwan's high-speed rail service suspended operations for a second day. Early Saturday afternoon, Morakot was centered just off Taiwan's west coast about 30 miles (50 kilometers) from the capital, Taipei. The Central Weather Bureau said the storm was still packing winds of up to 67 miles per hour (108 kilometers per hour) and heading northwest toward China at a speed of 7 mph (11 kph). In a notice on its Web site, the government in China's Fujian province said authorities had moved more than 252,000 people from coastal areas that were expected to take the full force of the approaching storm and had called some 48,000 fishing boats back to harbor. A further 297,600 people evacuated their homes in Eastern Zhejiang province and 29,987 ships had been called back to the port, the provincial government said on its Web site. All schools and scenic spots in Fujian have also been ordered closed and more than 3,300 paramilitary troops are on alert, equipped with flotation devices, speedboats and other rescue gear, the government said. Morakot is the first typhoon to hit Taiwan this year. Typhoons frequently move in between July and September, often causing injuries and deaths in mountainous regions that are prone to landslides and flash floods. Tropical Storm Goni was meanwhile forecast to hit Hainan Island and Hong Kong later Saturday, Xinhua said. The storm churning about 18 miles (30 kilometers) off Hainan Island was packing winds of up to 40 mph (65 kph), it said. Rescue helicopters and ships were searching for approximately 10 crew whose ships were caught in Goni's gusts Saturday, according to a duty officer at the Hainan Province Bureau of Maritime Affairs surnamed Li. Xinhua initially reported that 20 boats and 100 crew from Cambodia, Vietnam and China were affected by the storm, but Li said most of those men had been rescued. ___ Associated Press writer Henry Sanderson in Beijing contributed to this report. 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