Pingtung County’s Wutai Township (霧台) recorded 693mm of rain between midnight Friday and 3:30pm yesterday, the highest accumulated rainfall in Taiwan, the CWB said. People stand in floodwater in Cijia Village in Changhua County’s Shengang Township yesterday. Photo: Tang Shih-ming, Taipei TimesAffected by flooding and landslides, 600 residents in Wutai and Majia had been evacuated, the CWB added. People clutch umbrellas as they run across a pedestrian crossing in Taipei yesterday. Watermelons lie partly submerged in a flooded field in Yunlin County yesterday.

Source: Taipei Times August 07, 2021 15:56 UTC