August 9: Sometime after 6 a.m., Mt. Xiandu, situated upstream along the Nanzixian River, experiences collapses at around 1600 meters above sea level. Downhill, the Kaohsiung County village of Xiaolin in Jiaxian Township is almost instantly buried; at the time of writing, over 300 residents remain entombed beneath the earth.
8 月 9 日，清晨 6 點多，位於楠梓仙溪上游、海拔 1,600 公尺的獻肚山攔腰崩塌，下方甲仙小林村瞬間慘遭掩埋，三百多位村民迄今仍深埋在黃土下。