Rescue, Recovery Resources Arrive for Flooded Hualien Town

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More aid and emergency response teams are reaching the Hualien town of Guangfu where typhoon rain led to a dam breaching in the mountains, flooding homes with thick mud.

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00:00Fresh aid at this church in eastern Taiwan, now a temporary home to hundreds of residents

00:08affected by devastating flooding in Guangfu Township in La Hualian.

00:12There's enough food and water to last a few days,

00:15but some evacuees say they feel helpless about the state of their flooded homes.

00:30Most of the town has been cut off from water supply and gas.

01:00After Typhoon Ragusa brought torrential rains,

01:03causing a lake in the mountains above to overflow and pour down into the town below,

01:08killing at least 14 people as of Thursday.

01:12Chefs from Hualian City and other parts of the country are volunteering to cook warm food for the people here,

01:17even offering to hold their businesses until necessary.

01:20We have to gather all the food and dishes together.

01:26First responders from around the country have gathered here to help track down missing residents.

01:50As of Thursday, 22 are still unaccounted for,

01:54and they're scrambling to dig houses like this out of the mud.

01:57Now we're trying to try to find them out of the last 10-year-old people.

02:04We need to throw them out of the river inside, or let them sink in water.

02:08Because there's no water in the water.

02:11The water will allow too many people to find them, and it's not easy to find them.

02:15Meanwhile, President Lai Qingde and Defense Minister Wellington Koo have come to oversee recovery progress

02:22at the local water purification plant, which was also damaged by the overflowing river,

02:28as well as checking up on the soldiers stationed here to help with the cleanup.

02:32Rescue and recovery operations are still underway in Guangfu.

02:36As emergency teams and volunteers arrive, they work to bring hope to the community.

02:40Fu Hua Hong, Hank Xu, and Irene Lin in Hualien for Taiwan Plus.

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