Torrential rains from Typhoon Megi had caused an estimated NT$45.86 million in agricultural losses in four counties of Taiwan as of 3 p.m. Friday, the Council of Agricultural (COA) reported. According to the COA, crop losses had totaled NT$22.54 million as of Friday afternoon, with 271 hectares of farmland in Taipei, Yilan, Hualien, and Taitung counties affected by the rain storm that dumped record amounts of precipitation on parts of Yilan on Thursday. The storm was also responsible for the deaths of 231 pigs and 21,200 chickens, causing NT$8.64 million in losses to the livestock sector, the COA said. 