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Thunderstorm disrupts flights at Taiwan's Taoyuan airport

Updated: 06 03 , 2016 15:37
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TAIPEI, June 2 -- More than 200 flights were canceled or delayed as Taipei's Taoyuan Airport flooded on Thursday.

Precipitation of 160 mm in two hours submerged roads leading to the airport, the airport's underground food street and parking lots. Power was lost at some facilities.

Workers were mobilized to pump out floodwater. Roads to the airport reopened to traffic on Thursday evening. Electricity had been partially restored.

A total of 30,000 passengers were affected.

All flights are expected to return to normal by Friday.

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