When you reach the site of Minzu Elementary School, all that can be seen is a vast expanse of mud. People from neighboring villages say that this is where mudslides created a "quake lake" 70 meters deep that quickly formed and then burst. A classroom building and dormitory were completely destroyed and washed into the Nanzixian River.
來到民族村最高處的民族國小，眼前是一大片平坦泥地，鄰村村民說，這裡就是原本在下方 70 多公尺深的野溪形成堰塞湖暴漲後潰堤的出事點，一棟教室和一棟宿舍完全被剷平，沖到楠梓仙溪中。