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8 August 2009. Flooding caused by Typhoon Morakot. Harm caused to Taiwan compatriots.

On August 5, 2009, at 8:30 p.m. Taiwan time, the ** Meteorological Bureau issued a severe tropical storm Morakot maritime typhoon warning.

On August 6, 2009, the outer circulation of Typhoon Morakot began to affect Taiwan, and the intensity increased into a typhoon.

On August 7, 2009, Typhoon Morakot slammed towards Taiwan at a slow pace, with the center of the typhoon making landfall near Hualien City at 11:50 p.m., and strong gusts of 17 were measured in Orchid Island, which caused the rainfall to be prolonged and the rainfall began to rise rapidly. Due to the topography of the typhoon, the strong southwesterly wind and rain bands caused by the typhoon were concentrated in Pingtung and Kaohsiung, and extremely heavy rain occurred in mountainous areas and flat areas in a short period of time.

On 8 August 2009, Typhoon Morakot weakened into a severe tropical storm at 11:30 a.m. due to the impact of terrain damage, and went out to sea near Taoyuan at 14:00 p.m.

Due to the influence of the topography of the ** mountain range, the rainfall is large and rapidly concentrated in the south and southeast, from Nantou, south of Chiayi to Taitung, there are disasters one after another, and the rain is still continuing. The rainfall in Pingtung Sandimen broke the single-day rainfall record of Typhoon Hebo in 1996, with a total rainfall of more than 2,000 mm. Villages and towns in Pingtung have been reported to be trapped by the disaster.

On August 9, 2009, the cloud belt gradually expanded, and the rainfall area gradually shifted from Pingtung and Kaohsiung to Tainan, Chiayi and Yunlin. However, the southern part of the country continued to be ravaged by the southwesterly airflow, and the entire village of Xiaolin Village, Jiaxian Township, Kaohsiung County, was even completely buried by the landslide. In addition, the typhoon's outer circulation rain belt continued to move northward, causing heavy rain to fall in central Taiwan.

On August 10, 2009, ** The Meteorological Bureau lifted the typhoon warning on land and at sea at 5:30 a.m., but it still continued to issue a special report on heavy rain.

The latest ** statistics of the 88 flood: A total of 128 people died, 307 people were missing, 45 people were injured, and 1,373 people were trapped in Taiwan, and the number of casualties was mostly concentrated in Chiayi, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Pingtung, Nantou and other regions. (**Disaster Response Center statistics as of 16:08.2009.)

00 stop; Excluding Xiaolin Village and Xinkai Tribes County and City Deaths Missing Number Injured Taipei County 0 0 13 Yilan County 0 0 4 Hualien County 0 0 1 Taitung County 0 8 10 Nantou County 6 10 1 Changhua County 3 0 0 Yunlin County 1 0 0 Chiayi County 7 6 1 Tainan County 28 0 1 Kaohsiung City 0 0 1 Kaohsiung County 67 265 13 Pingtung County 16 18 0

The 88 Flood was a severe flood that occurred between August 6 and August 10, 2009 in south-central and southeastern Taiwan (South Taiwan), which was caused by the rain brought by Typhoon Morakot to Taiwan, which broke many rainfall records in Taiwan's meteorological history, causing flooding and landslides (i.e. mudslides) in the above-mentioned areas, which was the most serious flood disaster in Taiwan since the 87 flood in 1958, with a total death toll of more than 500 people. In addition, the relevant departments of the authorities have been criticized for "doing too little and too slowly" in the rescue and emergency handling of the incident, which has seriously affected the political prestige of Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou and the authorities under his leadership.