After the repeated devastation caused by the assaults of Typhoons Herb, Winnie, Zeb and Babs, and with the Central Weather Bureau pointing out that even though autumn has begun the Western Pacific is still capable of producing typhoons, the people of Taiwan hardly dare imagine what disasters the next typhoon might bring.
嚴重的災情在賀伯、溫妮、瑞伯颱風來襲時，一再重演。氣象局指出，即使入秋，今年西太平洋仍有產生颱風的機會，下一個颱風將帶來什麼樣的災情，台灣民眾已不敢去想。