100+ stranded in Labuwa after rains wash away culvert｜Taiwan News

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About 110 people have been left stranded in the mountain village of Labuwa in Pingtung. Heavy rains washed away a culvert along the only road to the village, leaving just a dangerous 1m-wide path across the river. The villagers formed a patrol to check up on every elderly resident, and some who have urgent medical conditions have been evacuated.

Water rushes down from the mountain, turning the creek into a roaring river with mud and rocks that has washed away a section of the culvert, leaving only a 1m path. Crossing it to go down the mountain is dangerous to say the least.

Voice of Mai Kang-cheng
Labuwa head
The younger people have to go down the mountain for work, so now they have to make their way past that.

On the other side, the northern tributary of the Ailiao River carries an astonishingly strong current.

Heavy rains battered Wutai in the early morning of Thursday, eventually destroying the Wuda 2 Bridge, the only access to Labuwa. The area has been cordoned off, and more than 100 residents in the village have been left stranded.

Voice of Mai Kang-cheng
Labuwa head
We got a vehicle to transport people with severe medical issues downhill. There are some elders with chronic diseases who have stayed up here. They have enough medicine to get by.

The villagers formed a patrol to check up on every single elderly resident. They say they have enough food in storage, which they had prepared in case of a typhoon.

Voice of Mai Kang-cheng
Labuwa head
A typhoon just went by, so we have enough food to last a week.

450mm of rain fell on Wutai in just 24 hours, as a low pressure zone sweeps by. Forecasters say the rainy conditions will persist for some time, so repairs will have to wait for a sunny day.

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