More than a week of torrential rain has battered southern Taiwan, causing several deaths and injuring dozens. Houses have collapsed, remote communities cut off and many roads and crops destroyed. Although heavy rain advisories have been lifted, authorities warn that a long recovery lies ahead.
00:00A family watches helplessly as part of their home collapses, its foundation washed out by
00:09floodwaters after more than a week of devastating rains across southern Taiwan.
00:23Flooding across the south has left several people dead and dozens injured or missing.
00:30Accumulated rainfall in Kaohsiung City reached over 2,800 millimeters, nearly surpassing the previous record during 2009's Typhoon Morricot.
00:41The water and subsequent landslides caused nearly 3 million U.S. dollars in agricultural damage and washed out many roads.
00:50Entire communities, such as the indigenous villages in Kaohsiung's Namasha district, are now completely cut off,
00:56with local officials asking for urgent government assistance.
01:07The region's infrastructure is struggling to keep up.
01:11During a visit to the disaster area, Taiwan's premier said a recovery command center set up for Jiayi and Tainan counties could accelerate government-funded reconstruction efforts.
01:33The Central Weather Administration has withdrawn a heavy rain advisory for Tuesday, so the region may get a much-needed respite.
01:49But the south now faces another challenge, recovery.
