JEANNE MESERVE, CNN ANCHOR: Now we take you to Taiwan for an update on the supertyphoon hitting that island. Journalist Jason Blatt joins us with a live report. Jason, what's the situation?</s>JASON BLATT, JOURNALIST: Well, right now, I am standing in the National Fire Administration, where they have set up a special coordination center to coordinate all the efforts and data collection from this typhoon storm. Now, according to the latest briefing that we've just heard, in fact right now you are seeing Vice President Annette Lu, she is briefing reporters personally on the situation. Now, according to the latest information that we have heard, so far there is still only one death reported in connection with this typhoon. That was a workmen who was working in a garbage dump in Taipei County, that is in the northern part of the island, and while he was working, a mud reinforcement wall fell down on top of him, and he died almost instantly. Now, according to the latest information that we have received from this information center, so far, probably the most important problem that is striking the island right is that there are already three creeks which have already filled up with water all the way to their banks, and they are in danger of overflowing. In addition to that, there is roughly about 100,000 households in eastern Taiwan and northeastern Taiwan, which have been reported to be without electric power. Now, besides that, the damage has been minimal so far. But we should note that the supertyphoon has only just now begun to come and pass over the island -- Jeanne.</s>MESERVE: Jason Blatt, thanks for joining us.
Supertyphoon Approaches Taiwan; One Death Reported So Far