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typhoon shantuoer has recently caused disastrous heavy rains in southern taiwan, and flooding has been reported in many places. rep. xu yuzhen of the kuomintang said at the forum today that insufficient preparations for typhoon prevention in pingtung, kaohsiung, and tainan have led to the recurrence of flooding. in particular, in kaohsiung, the levee overflowed the embankment again and the roads were once again flooded. she criticized that taiwan leader lai ching-te did not say a word about kaohsiung city, but only used his official power and criticized the heads of the opposition counties and cities at the disaster prevention and response center, which turned into a political denunciation meeting, which was shameful.

xu yuzhen pointed out that the taiwan authorities have budgeted more than nt$1.1 trillion (nt$, the same below) for water control over the past 20 years, but the effectiveness of water control has been questioned by the public after every heavy rain. the typhoon has stayed in southern taiwan for many days and has not yet made landfall. kaohsiung and tainan have been on holiday for three consecutive days. flooding has occurred in many administrative districts of kaohsiung city. the roofs of people's homes have been blown off and vehicles have been soaked in water. more than 15 tens of thousands of households were without power, and 200,000 households were without water. roads in luxury housing areas near the kaohsiung museum of art were flooded with yellow muddy water during typhoon gemei in july, again raising the issue of failed flood control in the south.

xu yuzhen further said that typhoon "santol" made landfall from the south, and insufficient preparations for typhoon prevention in pingtung, kaohsiung, and tainan led to the recurrence of flooding. in particular, the kaohsiung dabao overflowed its embankments again, and the roads were once again flooded. residents have complained that despite the recent two typhoons that hit kaohsiung city, the drainage function of the drainage system did not work. they questioned that the drainage holes were blocked by a lot of garbage, and trees even grew out of the drainage holes, resulting in poor drainage. it is easy to overflow the embankments during heavy rains. i hope that the relevant units will pay attention to cleaning up as soon as possible, but no concrete actions have been seen in kaohsiung city, and people have complained repeatedly.

xu yuzhen criticized that in the face of the problem of insufficient taiwan prevention measures in southern taiwan, lai qingde and "ge kui" zhuo rongtai turned a blind eye, did not say a word, and even praised kaohsiung mayor chen qimai; on the other hand, lai qingde went to the disaster prevention and response center to conduct typhoon prevention during the meeting, they only focused on showing off their official power, criticizing and blaming kuomintang hualien county magistrate xu zhenwei, keelung mayor xie guoliang and other leaders. the serious disaster prevention meeting suddenly turned into a political denunciation meeting. lai qingde’s behavior was shameful.

xu yuzhen pointed out that lai qingde has an irritable personality and poor emotional intelligence. he often gets angry without warning. he scolded the generals during the promotion ceremony, used typhoon prevention to scold non-dpp county and city heads, and treated governance like a child pretending to be a family drinker. what do you want? you can throw them down as much as you want, and you can scold them as much as you want. there is absolutely no pattern that a leader should have.

xu yuzhen emphasized that taiwan is a small island, and its ecosystem and densely populated urban areas are particularly sensitive to climate change. research shows that taiwan's total rainfall has not changed significantly, but rainfall intensity has increased by 30% with global warming, calling on lai qingde put aside your prejudices, restrain your temper, and immediately convene a taiwan-wide water control meeting.

straits herald taiwan correspondent lin jingxian