Typhoon Morakot brought a record amount of rain and soil erosion to Taiwan on 10th August 2009.
Here in Qishan, we are close to the village of Hsiaolin, where hundreds are feared to have perished in a mudslide - see video.
The mudslide occurred early in the morning while most people were at home. The village had an unusually high number of people there at the time because it was the morning after Taiwan's Father's Day.
Chih Shi-li, a 62-year-old villager, said he and his family were lucky to escape with the shirt on their backs.
"The mudslide came crashing down while we were still in bed. It was very scary. It was like an explosion," he told me.
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Taiwan has now appealed for international assistance for rescue and response.
