RESIDENTS RESIGN THEMSELVES TO MORE DAMAGE|屏東沿海憂淹水 一樓淨空.先住二樓

Just two weeks after Typhoon Malakas, Typhoon Megi has arrived. Several townships in Pingtung County have not yet recovered from the damage and power cuts caused by Meranti. Many residents simply left the first floor of their houses empty, so they don't have to clean up again in the event of another flood. When Typhoon Meranti swept Pingtung's Fangliau Township, many houses at Hsinlung Village were seriously flooded. A lonely old lady was not able to clean up the mess, she now lives at neighbor's house. Now, another typhoon is coming. ==VILLAGER, Hsinlung Village== I do worry, I can't eat nor sleep. I am an old person, I worry my house will be further damaged. Pingtung's coastal villages such as Fangliau and Jiadung Townships, they are low-lying areas. The waters at Jiadung's Yenwen Village was deep enough to reach an adult's chest, many villagers lived at second floor for several days. They just cleaned up all the messes, now they decide to leave the first floor empty for another possible flood, so they don't have to clean up again. ==MRS. LEE, Yenwen Village== Typhoon is coming, I am afraid to sleep here. Typhoon is coming again. ==MR. LIN, fish farmer, Jiadung Township== I am worrying, this time, too. I reserved one water pumper to stand by. The recovery work IA not finished, yet another typhoon is coming. Residents are waiting with anxiety for Typhoon Megi to land. Department of Water Resources is loaning coastal townships more water pumpers, hopefully to reduce damage. TRANSLATED BY：ANTHONY LIN 莫蘭蒂颱風當時，屏東枋寮鄉新龍村水淹到小腿，獨居的老奶奶無力整理家園，才借住鄰居家，沒想到又有颱風要來。 ==新龍村民== 我會擔心啊 吃不下睡不著 老人了 我會擔心房子又壞掉 屏東沿海包括枋寮、佳冬的地勢低窪地區，佳冬焰塭村當時最深淹到成人胸口，居民搬到二樓住了幾天，才打算一樓已經清洗乾淨，要再搬回樓下房間，現在又怕會再淹水，乾脆維持淨空。 ==焰塭村民 李太太== 就說颱風又要來了 不敢到下面這裡睡 颱風又要來啊 ==佳冬養殖業者 林先生== 都很怕啊 這次又這樣來也是在怕 所以才找一台來趕快(預備) 重建工作還沒完成，又要開始防颱，居民忐忑不安，水利局也支援沿海鄉公所，安排比上次更多的抽水機，希望可以減少災情。 記者 王介村 孟昭權 屏東報導