Flood-Hit Hualien Township Braces for Another Possible Typhoon

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Guangfu Township in eastern Taiwan is still reeling from catastrophic flooding after a typhoon burst a nearby dam in September. Now, a new typhoon is on the way. And despite a new evacuation plan, some local officials worry how they'll get everyone out in time.

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00:00Just weeks after a catastrophic flood, Gwangfu Township on Taiwan's east coast is getting

00:06ready for what could be another hit.

00:09Dredgers are deepening and widening runoff ditches that were overwhelmed in September

00:14when a natural dam violently overflowed from Typhoon Ragasa's rainfall.

00:19Nineteen people died, and five are still missing.

00:23The hope is these ditches will be ready this time for a brush with a growing storm that

00:27could become Typhoon Fengshen by Saturday.

00:31But flood control measures are just part of what officials have planned this time around.

00:36After strong criticism from residents who say they had no warning when the dam burst, the

00:40county government has a new evacuation plan, and this storm could be a test of how well

00:46it works.

00:47Under the plan, evacuations will start 24 hours before the Typhoon is supposed to hit an area

01:09under a warning.

01:10Senior citizens, ill people, expected mothers, and children under school age will all have

01:16to evacuate, along with residents of single-story homes.

01:20If the government issues an alert around the dam that burst in September, all nearby residents

01:25will have to leave.

01:27Already though, some local officials say getting people out could be tough, even with plenty of

01:32advance notice.

01:48If the storm does hit eastern Taiwan, several thousand people may need to move quickly.

01:54And some other local officials are already anxious about how to pull that off on their own.

01:58For now, it looks like the region won't get a direct hit from the storm.

02:18But Typhoon Ragasa was also centered far away, and still proved deadly.

02:23The coming days could be tough for a part of Taiwan that has already seen a lot of typhoon

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02:28Hank Hsu and John Van Trieste for Taiwan Plus.

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