Villagers request help with typhoon damage / 屋漏逢連夜雨 尼伯特災民盼政府助修復　　　　　　　　　　

Over forty households in Taitung's Tamali Township, Xianglan Village, were damaged by the Typhoon Nepartak. And now Typhoon Nida has brought rain which affects villagers houses where the roofs were already damaged. They hope government can help them to repair the roofs so they can safely pass the typhoon season. The rain was pouring down both outside and inside the houses. Over forty roofs in Xianglan Village were blown away previously by Typhoon Nepartak. These villagers in Taitung County's Taimali Township have suffered from rains, and even the household deities have umbrellas over them as they worship. ==MS. LI, Xianglan Village== Like this. We hold up umbrellas until we got hungry. We placed water buckets like this. Like this. Some villagers slept in cars, but the rains were too heavy, so they moved again and slept in their houses. Their roofs were temporarily covered with canvas, and could not do much about the extremely heavy rain brought by Typhoon Nida. Villagers were scared and sleepless. ==MR. YANG, Xianglan Village== I didn't sleep much, I was worrying the rain was leaking into the house. My kitchen had rain pouring in. ==MS. CHIANG, Xianglan Village== Very scared, very scared. I told my child about the heavy rain. My child told me to move and live with them, but I am not used to that. Right? I am used to living in my own place. These villagers have been waiting for religious groups to come and help them to rebuild. They want to stay in their own houses, and they hope government can fix the roofs for them, at least just for them to live through this typhoon season. TRANSLATED BY：ANTHONY LIN 房子外面下著大雨，房子裡面也下著小雨，40多戶在尼伯特颱風屋頂，被吹開的台東縣太麻里鄉香蘭村居民，真的感受到了屋漏偏逢連夜雨，連家裡供奉的神明也得撐傘過一夜。 ==香蘭村受災民眾 李小姐== 就這樣子啊 這水桶就放這樣啊 這樣啊 還有人睡在車上，可是雨太大又搬進家裡睡，屋頂雖然暫時用帆布蓋著，還是擋不住妮妲颱風外圍環流帶來的豪大雨，家裡也下小雨，只好搬來搬去的躲雨，結果一夜沒有睡。香蘭村民現在聽到下雨就害怕。 ==香蘭村受災民眾 楊先生== 沒有什麼睡啊 一直煩惱說雨水 一直灌進來啊 廚房也一直有雨水灌進來 ==香蘭村受災民眾 蔣老太太== 很害怕 很害怕 我有跟孩子說 如果雨這樣下 我孩子叫我去住 我也不習慣 對不對 我在這裡很習慣 尼伯特颱風受災，房屋受損的香蘭村40多戶居民，目前正在等待宗教團體來協助重建，不過他們還是想住在家裡，希望在重建工程還沒有啟動之前，政府能先幫他們暫時修好屋頂，讓他們渡過颱風季節。 記者 章明哲 台東報導