L004-TAIWAN INUNDACIONES

STORY: Heavy rainfall triggered flooding and landslides across southern Taiwan on Sunday (August 3), submerging rural homes and cutting off access to mountain roads.

More than a year’s worth of rain fell on parts of southern Taiwan over the past week, triggering widespread landslides and flooding that has left four people dead and forced over 5,900 to evacuate.

According to the Central Weather Administration, the island’s mountainous south received more than 2.6 metres (8.5 feet) of rainfall in the last week—surpassing Taiwan’s average annual total of about 2.1 metres (6.9 feet).

Three people are missing and 77 have been injured since late July when a depression and strong southwesterly airstreams began causing flooding and landslides in Taiwan's south, an area vital for the island's agriculture sector.

Rainfall is expected to ease starting Monday (August 4), according to weather authorities, though warnings for landslides and flooding remained in effect for southern mountainous regions.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

VIDEO SHOWS: SWOLLEN WATER DRAIN / RESIDENT CATCHING RAINWATER IN BUCKETS / SWOLLEN RIVER AND FLOODED RURAL RESIDENTIAL AREAS / LANDSLIDE AFFECTED AREA

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SHOWS: PINGTUNG COUNTY, TAIWAN (AUGUST 3, 2025) (SET TV - No use Taiwan / Must on-screen courtesy "SET TV")

1. DRAIN WITH FAST FLOWING WATER

2. RAINWATER FALLING INTO BUCKETS, RESIDENT STANDING

3. VARIOUS OF SWOLLEN RIVER

4. FLOODED RURAL RESIDENTIAL AREA

5. RESIDENT STEPPING OUT OF HOUSE INTO FLOODWATER

6. VARIOUS OF FLOODED RURAL RESIDENTIAL AREA

7. VARIOUS OF RAINWATER RUSHING DOWN MOUNTAIN

8. POINT OF VIEW FROM VEHICLE MOVING THROUGH FLOODING ON MOUNTAIN ROAD

9. RAINWATER RUSHING DOWN FLIGHT OF STAIRS

KAOHSIUNG CITY, TAIWAN (AUGUST 3, 2025) (SET TV - No use Taiwan / Must on-screen courtesy "SET TV")