Taiwan evacuates 8,300 and shuts schools before tropical storm brushes island

Taiwan evacuated more than 8,300 people from coastal and mountainous areas and closed schools before a tropical storm brushes the southern part of the island later Wednesday. Fung-wong had super typhoon strength when it battered the Philippines on Sunday, causing flooding, landslides, power outages and at least 27 deaths. Heavy rains and flooding injured at least 51 people as of Wednesday morning, according to the National Fire Agency.