HEAVY WEATHER 2009: MORAKOT!
Aug. 10th, 2009 01:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
defrogWhich didn’t hit Hong Kong, but clobbered the hell out of Taiwan today, dropping 2000 mm of rain and causing the worst flooding in 50 years. Three dead, 31 missing.
And then there’s the six-story hotel falling into the river that ate away the foundation.
The action starts around 30 seconds in. No translation necessary, I think.
The good news: authorities had already evacuated the place before it toppled, so no one was hurt.
Still.
Anyway, now it’s Fujian Province’s turn.
Here in HK, we’re far enough away not to get any rain, but the effect for us is dead air and broiling heat.
Hot hot heat,
This is dF
And then there’s the six-story hotel falling into the river that ate away the foundation.
The action starts around 30 seconds in. No translation necessary, I think.
The good news: authorities had already evacuated the place before it toppled, so no one was hurt.
Still.
Anyway, now it’s Fujian Province’s turn.
Here in HK, we’re far enough away not to get any rain, but the effect for us is dead air and broiling heat.
Hot hot heat,
This is dF
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on 2009-08-09 06:17 pm (UTC)