00:01A once-famous island retreat in northeastern Philippines was submerged by huge waves in a split second.
00:08Typhoon Fongong, the second typhoon to hit the country in two weeks, made landfall on Sunday,
00:13killing at least two people and displacing close to a million residents.
00:18I was not able to sleep last night. I told my grandchildren to pray for our safety.
00:23I was just sitting the whole night waiting for the storm to pass.
00:26The typhoon has moved on from the Philippines and is now heading toward Taiwan's southwest.
00:32While still a few thousand kilometers from Taiwan, the storm's outer edge has already hit the country's east.
00:41In Hualien, where past storms led to a barrier lake breach and flash floods that inundated homes and fields,
00:47authorities have sounded the highest-level alarm and called for evacuation in three townships along the river on Sunday.
00:54The forestry agency, which monitors the barrier lake,
00:58predicts the region will have up to 800 millimeters of rain per hour,
01:02far exceeding the 200 millimeters required for the red alert.
01:07And with water levels nearing that of September's disaster,
01:10officials aren't ruling out the risk of another flood.
01:13After over a month and a half since the flood disaster,
01:31most of the town has been cleaned up.
01:33But local residents fear that the looming storm will cause new destruction.
01:36Meanwhile, in the southeastern county of Taitung,
01:48rice and banana farmers are rushing to harvest their unripe crops
01:52before the storm causes irreversible damage.
01:54Typhoon season in Taiwan usually ends in October.
02:06If Typhoon fongong makes landfall,
02:09it will be the country's first November typhoon in nearly six decades.
02:13With extreme weather events becoming more frequent and disastrous,
02:17it's a never-ending cycle of cleanup and recovery for the Pacific Island countries.
02:22Devin Tsai and Irene Lin for Taiwan Plus.
02:24So now,
02:27let's move on to the front end of the storm.
02:29We recommend the dock for a nice fire.
02:32Please do not available in the rain.
02:33Let's move on to the beach.
02:33There is another place to go to the beach.
02:35I don't know.
02:37We recommend the sun to show you why it is going to go to the beach.
02:40In the area of the over-the-the-the-the-the-the-dowel area,
02:42we recommend the beach.
02:43We recommend the beach as a nice place to go to the beach.
02:46A little high-slightly quiet place to go to the beach.
02:50And now, we'll see where it will be.
02:52You can see where it is.
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