It's been one year now since, on Au-gust 8 of 2009, Typhoon Morakot literally rained down destruction on southern Taiwan, leaving 677 persons dead and another 22 missing. It was the second-worst typhoon-related disaster in Taiwan's history, behind only the floods of August 7, 1959.
一年了，去年 8 月 8 日莫拉克颱風帶來超大豪雨造成南台灣慘重災情，死亡人數高達 677 人，另有 22 人失蹤，是台灣史上僅次於「八七水災」（1959 年）的第二大風災。