Heavy rain has flooded parts of southern Taiwan’s largest city, leaving roads washed out in places and workers rushing to clean up.
Overnight storms in the southern city of Kaohsiung have led local authorities to issue high water alerts for several bridges and drainage channels. As of early Wednesday, some areas of the city had seen more than 200mm of rainfall over the previous 24 hours.
Some roads in the city have become impassable. To prevent other roads from flooding, authorities dispatched water pumping machines to the Houjin River to divert water if necessary.
Work crews are now working to clean up some affected parts of the city. But the rain has yet to let up, and the city is expected to remain under an “extremely heavy rain advisory” through the rest of Wednesday.