"These villages were damaged in the 9 / 21 quake, but it only slowly became apparent over the following years," says the head of the Sungho Village development association, Huang Yung-kuang. Typhoons hit several years in a row, bringing heavy rains which caused rivers like the Ta'an to change course and turn village after village into disaster areas.
「這些部落在 921 地震時受創，影響卻在其後的幾年慢慢顯現，」松鶴部落社區發展協會理事長黃永光說，連續幾年的颱風挾著豐沛雨量，大安溪等溪流沿線的部落輪流淪為災區。