As the anniversary of the devastating floods in Mataian, Hualien approaches, frontline rescue workers are revisiting that night when the area was engulfed by mud and water. Hualien County Health Bureau Director Chu Chia-hsiang recalled on September 21st that he had only ever seen massive landslides inundating villages on television, never imagining it would happen in his own hometown. That night, he felt for the first time that he might "not hav…
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As the anniversary of the devastating floods in Mataian, Hualien approaches, frontline rescue workers are revisiting that night when the area was engulfed by mud and water. Hualien County Health Bureau Director Chu Chia-hsiang recalled on September 21st that he had only ever seen massive landslides inundating villages on television, never imagining it would happen in his own hometown. That night, he felt for the first time that he might "not hav…