Though there has been some improvement with this problem in recent years as residents have brought in seawater instead, because land that has subsided will never return to its original level, these aquaculture bastions that remain one meter below sea level have not been able to escape a traumatic destiny.
近年來漁民改為引進海水養殖後，地層下陷已漸減緩，但由於土地一旦下陷就無法回復，這片低於海平面一公尺多的養殖重鎮終也難逃噩運，莫拉克暴雨侵襲下，因緊鄰其旁的林邊溪潰堤而全面淪陷。