00:00Excavators are clearing out one of the flooded roads connecting this riverside village scattered along a hillside.
00:09Help is underway for flood-stricken Mingli village in Hualing County.
00:14Residents there have put up a red banner that reads Cheer Up.
00:17After tropical storm Fong Wong brought heavy rains, causing the nearby Matai An River to spill into fields and houses by the riverbank.
00:26Fortunately, no one was hurt.
00:30Since last week, the Water Resources Agency has been dredging the river and blocking river water from overflowing into the village.
00:46This week's mission is to raise the height of the temporary flood barriers.
00:50And the extensions won't just protect Mingli village from more flooding.
00:54Residents of neighboring Changqiao village have also suffered damage to their homes from the spreading floods.
01:10Although authorities have lifted the red alert and let evacuees go back to their homes, they're not letting their guard down.
01:17Surrounding the original barrier lake is 100 million cubic meters of granular earth.
01:23With enough rain or earthquakes, it could all slide down and block the waterway, posing risk to the downstream villages once more.
01:32As Taiwan frequently experiences small and large quakes and torrential rain throughout the year,
01:37the possibility of a chain of disasters has kept authorities vigilant.
01:41Without a bulletproof solution to keep the barrier lakes from bursting again,
02:00flood victims are wondering when they can put their mind at ease and where the next flood might strike.
02:06Fu Hua Hong and Irene Lin for Taiwan Plus.
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