Typhoon Gaemi Aftermath Continues in Food Supplies

Weeks after Typhoon Gaemi hit Taiwan, food prices have yet to go down.

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00:00It's slim pickings at this outdoor vegetable market.

00:03What corn there is, is more than one and a half times more expensive than it was just a few weeks ago.

00:08Typhoon Gemi wrecked farmers' yields at a critical time.

00:11It's just a month to go until Taiwan gobbles up masses of food over the mid-autumn festival.

00:16Vendors here say stretched supplies mean there's nothing they can do.

00:30And it's not just farmers' markets where food is harder to come by.

00:33The storm also devastated seafood producers.

00:36This pile of oysters is just a fraction of how big it might have been

00:39had the intense wind and rain not hit the country's coastline.

00:52This pile of clam shells tells a similar story.

00:55The southwest was hit particularly hard,

00:57leaving seafood producers like this one waiting for local officials to assess their losses

01:01and perhaps give them help.

01:17But while producers may get some compensation,

01:19for consumers, higher prices are going to be the reality for some time to come.

01:24James Lin and John Van Triest for Taiwan Plus.