Everything here is luan qi ba zao! There are trees and signposts strewn across roads and debris everywhere. I went out for a peek 2 nights ago and saw that a large tree had fallen across JianGuo road (a major road on Kaohsiung) and was blocking 3 of the four lanes. A block further, another tree had fallen and was blocking 2 lanes. Trucks are working to clear the damage, but, since Kaohsiung doesn't have all the resources of Taipei, it may be a while before the hundreds of fallen trees get cleared.
It is still raining hard, though. Other than the lack of high winds, you wouldn't know that the typhoon has passed by us. Kaohsiung is bisected by the rail lines, and in order to go north or south of those tracks, you must take either a bridge over them or a tunnel underneath them. Supposedly, the tunnels are all full of water and closed. And it still continues to rain, so we will see how much more flooding occurs.
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