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Taiwan prepares for incoming typhoon
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Taiwan was preparing for an incoming typhoon yesterday with a range of alerts, cancellations and evacuations.
Talim is due to make landfall late tomorrow and the island’s government has been contacting heads of mountain villages, arranging free evacuations to shelters, and monitoring rivers and mudslide-prone areas.
Taiwan is hit by typhoons nearly every year. But it has become much more aggressive about preparations since Morakot battered the island in 2009, killing around 700 people — most of them in mudslides.
Residents are also taking warnings more seriously.
“For Taiwan, the most serious chance of a disaster is heavy rain causing a sudden mudslide. Before Morakot, people were taking chances, sort of like gambling,” said Li Wei-sen, secretary-general with the government’s Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction.
Ku Lin-lin, associate professor of journalism at Taiwan University, said: “Taiwan is a small place. It’s got a dense population. Everywhere you go you see a TV monitor showing you information, even in the subway or on the street.”
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