And while the world was astonished by the sight of the King Shai Hotel collapsing into the waters, it was in fact built on the bank of a river that has long been eroding that bank, having already claimed 12 houses 37 years ago when Typhoon Nora hit.
而倒塌畫面震驚國際的知本金帥飯店，則位於河岸本來就會持續後退的「曲流侵蝕坡」上，在 37 年前娜拉颱風來襲時，這一帶就曾有 12 戶民宅遭到掩埋的前例。