In Tsukuan rural township in Kaohsiung County, which is the area in Taiwan most severely affected by coastal erosion, the locality was unable to withstand the assault of the waves because of a lack of funds in those days. The citizens of Tsukuan had no choice but to watch their homes be carried off to the sea and to retreat inland with their families.
在台灣海岸侵蝕最嚴重的高雄縣梓官鄉，過去由於經費缺乏，地方自行築的土堤抵不過海浪沖蝕，梓官沿海鄉民只能眼看著家園「向海流」，攜家帶眷地往內陸撤退。