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  • Taiwan 9.11 Flood, residents flee, 3' rain in 6hr

    A Tropical Depression has caused severe flooding in Northern Taiwan on the morning hours of September 11.

    Most of Taipei's rainfall record passed 16" mark, with some area saw 3' of rain in 6 hours. Residents were forced to flee during midnight hours as the water level went as high as 1-storey high.




    Few journalists almost swept away by the flood.

    Central Weather Bureau says the rainfall is stronger then Typhoon Nari, which caused widespread of flood in Downtown Taipei in 2001.


    Motorcycles "swimming"


    1 of 7 water pumpers out of order, causing floods

    Meanwhile, a tropical storm has formed just outside of Taiwan, bringing more heavy rainfalls.
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    3 feet in 6 hours?!?!?!

    That's a s*itload of rain!

    Those pictures remind me a bit of New Brunswick, NJ during the flooding of 1999.





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    • #3
      Damn Matt, how the hell did THAT happen!! I drive through that area everyday...it looks like hell in those pics...
      "The Director also sets the record straight on what would happen if oxygen masks were to drop from the ceiling: The passengers freak out with abandon, instead of continuing to chat amiably, as though lunch were being served, like they do on those in-flight safety videos."

      -- The LA Times, in a review of 'Flightplan'

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      • #4
        Yes. 3 feet in 6hours and still accumulating.

        The severe flood is caused by the typhoon (originally a tropical depression) from the east and low pressure from the west.

        Originally posted by matt1168


        3 feet in 6 hours?!?!?!
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        • #5
          Originally posted by indian airlines
          Damn Matt, how the hell did THAT happen!! I drive through that area everyday...it looks like hell in those pics...
          That was Tropical Storm Flyod's effect on New Brunswick!!
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