Even as the shadows cast by the July 2 floods remained, in mid-August Typhoon Aere brought more bad news. This time the worst affected areas were in northern Taiwan-Hsinchu and the mountainous parts of Taoyuan. Roads collapsed in many places in the water catchment area of Shihmen Reservoir, and huge amounts of rock and deadwood were carried by floodwaters into the reservoir itself.
七二水災的陰霾猶在，八月中旬艾利颱風再度帶來災難，災情嚴重的地區轉移到新竹、桃園山區，石門水庫集水區道路坍方不斷，空照圖顯示，淘空、裸露的山壁有九十幾處、近三百公頃，土石流掩埋新竹五峰鄉土場部落，造成慘重傷亡。