Continuous Rainfall Brings More Damage in Central, Southern Taiwan

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Central and southern Taiwan continue cleaup and rescue work as nonstop rain and flooding brought by Typhoon Co-may’s storm front have led to regional landslides and severely impacting local communities.

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00:00Flood water pours down mountain highways like waterfalls, while other roads crack and crumble.

00:08As disaster response teams attempt to clear roads before more of them come crashing down

00:13in this part of Jiayi County in Taiwan's south.

00:18It's been days since Tropical Storm Komei, now a full typhoon, passed by Taiwan's eastern waters,

00:25triggering torrential rains and landslides in central and southern parts of the country.

00:30The storm front has brought over 250 millimeters of rain to Jiayi,

00:35and over 400 millimeters each to Tainan, Kaohsiung, and Pingtung.

00:40The bad weather has caused severe damage in local communities.

00:43In Kaohsiung, flash floods nearly cover this bridge that connects residents of a remote community with the outside world.

00:51It's left 900 people stranded.

00:53Inside people's homes, flood water carrying yellow dirt caused a mess that could take days or weeks to clean up.

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01:07Communities here say a collapsed retaining wall nearby is causing flooding in their homes.

01:12So far, eight cities and counties across central and southern Taiwan have suspended work and school,

01:26as residents and work crews continue to clean up roads and homes,

01:30embrace for possible more bad weather ahead.

01:32Eason Chen and Irene Lin for Taiwan Plus.

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