Climate and Natural Disasters

Name: How Water Pumps and Flood Walls Help Keep Taipei From Submerging
Uploaded: 2024-10-31T11:11:41Z
Duration: 1 min 1 s
Description: Taipei's low elevation, position between two rivers and high levels of rainfall all mean that flooding risks for the city are high, especially during typhoons. Here’s how the city's flood walls, and water pumps work to keep the capital city's streets dry.

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Climate and Natural Disasters

Kaohsiung To Help Cover Flood Damage Costs

More Rain Forecast for Taiwan's Flood-Damaged South

Heavy Rains Cause Losses for Farmers in Southern Taiwan

Growing Damage as Intense Rain Hits Southern Taiwan

Heavy Rains Cancel Work and School Across Southern Taiwan

Heavy Rain Triggers Flooding Across Southern Taiwan

Typhoon Dolphin Passes Leaving Damage and Disruption in Its Wake

Typhoon Dolphin Brings Heavy Rainfall to Northern Taiwan

Taiwan Aid for Japan Pours in Following Kumamoto Earthquake

Overflow of Hualien Barrier Lake Uncertain

Over 200 Households Evacuated As Hualien Barrier Lake Set To Overflow

Scientists Gather in Taipei for 7-Seas Air Quality Workshop

Northern Taiwan Mountain Communities Clean Up After Typhoon Bavi

Typhoon Bavi Leaves Battered Infrastructure in Taiwan's Mountains

Typhoon Bavi Leaves Over a Hundred Injured as It Passes Taiwan

Hualien Issues Barrier Lake Red Alert After Typhoon Bavi

How Water Pumps and Flood Walls Help Keep Taipei From Submerging