Tropical storm Lionrock triggers mudslides as it hits south Taiwan, causing damage to infrastructure. Eastern China's Fujian Province is also feeling the effect as Lionrock heads toward the Mainland.<br /><br />Tropical storm Lionrock has triggered a landslide in southern Taiwan's Kaohsiung County, bringing heavy rain to areas battered by a deadly typhoon just over a year ago.<br /><br />According to Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau, Lionrock has dumped almost seven inches of rain in south Taiwan before dawn with gusts up to 67 miles-per-hour, and sustaining it at 53 miles-per-hour.<br /><br />Emergency teams in Pingtong County set up pumps to remove excess water from danger areas.<br /><br />Tropical storms Namtheun and Kompasu, along with Lionrock, are also on track to affect China.<br /><br />Chinese state television reported that heavy rain has arrived in Hujan in Fujian Province, which lies across the strait from Taiwan.<br /><br />"Last year, the waves crushed the dam, so the water flooded in."<br /><br />Typhoons regularly hit China, Taiwan, the Philippines and Japan in the second half of the year, gathering strength from the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean before weakening on land.
