Today, with two colleagues, I have visited the site of the Shiaolin landslide in Taiwan, which killed about 500 people on 8th August. I will write a longer analysis soon (we are due to go back tomorrow), but for now I will just provide a before and after image.
Before:
After (the village was at the foot of the slope):
And this is the aftermath of the flood caused by the collapse of the landslide dam:
the nature strong!
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