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Taiwan's North Coast Counts the Cost of Typhoon Krathon
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10/7/2024
Northern Taiwan continues to count the cost of Typhoon Krathon, even though the storm itself has dissipated.
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It took over 50 firefighters several hours to free a man trapped behind this northern
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Taiwan house after a sudden landslide hit.
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He was clearing the muck Typhoon Kwai Ton left in the space between his back wall and
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a mountain slope.
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Despite being pinned to the ground by a boulder, he was conscious and able to talk.
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To save him, firefighters had to tear down this wall.
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Scenes like this played out across northern Taiwan well into Friday.
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Though the typhoon made landfall on the opposite side of the island, it still brought record
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rainfall all the way here, enough to overwhelm even this famously rainy corner of the country.
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In the Ruifeng district, where over a hundred centimeters of rain fell in just two days,
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firefighters had to use a rope pulley system to send food to an indigenous village cut
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off by landslides, enough for the more than 100 residents trapped there.
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They also managed to help someone needing dialysis clamber down the mountainside using
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the same ropes to steady himself.
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Though everyone is fine for now, the community's leader says the storm damage has been immense.
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Even an important cultural space, where locals hold their harvest festival, was damaged.
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And it isn't just the rural mountains suffering.
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The port city of Heilong has seen major landslides in residential areas, leaving people there
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frightened.
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Although the storm itself has dissipated, its effects may be felt for a long time to
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come.
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Klein Wong and John Van Triest for Taiwan Plus.
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