More than a year’s worth of rain fell on parts of southern Taiwan over the past week, triggering widespread landslides and flooding that has left four people dead and forced over 5,900 to evacuate.
00:00Four people died and more than 5,900 have been evacuated in southern Taiwan after the island recorded more than a year's rainfall over the past week, which caused widespread landslides and flooding.
00:13More than 2.6 meters of rain were dumped on parts of the mountainous south in the past seven days, according to Central Weather Administration, compared to average annual rainfall of about 2.1 meters in subtropical Taiwan.
00:26Taiwan's Premier Cho Jungtai said his cabinet was working to propose a special budget this week to provide relief efforts.
00:33More than 2,000 people were still forced to stay away from their homes, mostly in the mountainous villages in the southern county, where rescuers were working to restore roads cut off by landslides or flooding and deliver food and medical supplies.
00:46The rain was likely to subside from Monday, weather authorities said, as warnings for landslide and flooding continued for southern mountains.
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