Rescuers in eastern Taiwan pulled a man in his nineties from his flooded home on Thursday, where he had been trapped for three days after a barrier lake burst during torrential rains brought by Super Typhoon Ragasa.

AFP correspondents saw the rescue unfold in Hualien, where entire streets have been buried under thick mud, with flood levels reaching the height of second-storey buildings in some areas.

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