Sadly, notes Huang Juei-teh, director of the Bureau of Civil Affairs in the rural township government, "The two heavy typhoons this year have caused serious collapses of rock and soil from the mountains, pretty much filling the whole lake."
「可惜經過今年兩次颱風之後，山區土石流沖刷嚴重，草嶺潭幾乎快被填平了，」民政課長黃瑞德感嘆地說。