Typhoon Morakot Strikes Taiwan - Raw Footage

[daravens]

lol why not its scientifically proven

[temanatahiti]

I was in Hualien earlier this year... such a nice place, prefered it to Taipei. Nice and tropical feeling to it. Hope everyone there was ok?

[billyjean9455]

global warming...

my country philippines is badly hit by typhoon too! god bless us all

[pete519]

2:23 If that civic had a spoiler it would take off!!

[SphinxC]

Who would have thought that the most hard-hit areas are in southern Taiwan?! Torrential downpours triggered the worst flooding in 50 years, causing deadly landslides and mudslides buried hundreds of people. The magnitude of devastation is unimaginable!! Some townships are still covered in muds almost a month after the disaster. Taiwanese government indeed needs to work faster.

God bless Taiwan.

[riley088]

0.0 omg! the signboard blown from day to night on the street!?! its so huge.. imagine if anyone was hit by it!!

god bless taiwan too..

[temanatahiti]

@riley088 hahaha!! Yeah when I saw it the second time I thought, shit that sign is havin a great time....

[I2FF2R]

Is that a 7 eleven sign on the upper left corner in the beginning of the video?

[flightclubla]

yeah

[thingate]

台湾加油！新加坡支持你

[mika0626]

真的很恐怖！

[8848andy]

台湾加油

[DarkDiDi]

God Bless Taiwan :'(

[izzlybear123]

Thank u!!!

[fkxt5726]

slinkjaly: The study and appreciation of natural phenomena is nothing wrong. Anyway, I stayed in Kaosiung County for a year and the lowlying countryside is very subceptible to flooding. We now know that rain kills more than wind in a typhoon. The slow moving speed of the typhoon is the reason for the record breaking rainfall.

Sickcow: I don't find your comment funny. Mind your words.

[slinkjaly]

@aad1969: this video is taken in Taiwan, we don't eat dog and monkey! and not only Asian eat meat, people around the world eat meat as well ! McDonald kill animals, KFC kill animals they're all from North America!

@sickcow : show some respect

@The1stPoster : why don't you move to Taiwan? we get storms every summer, let me know how much you enjoy it when it killed ur families and friends

[The1stPoster]

lol what? I do love storms, what's wrong with that? I think their beautiful, and if a storm wipes away my friends and family, so be it, there's no point hating on nature.

You're just a sad little pessimist that's what you are.

[BasketballStud99]

ah, you're pathetic

[dominicjm]

Shut it slinkjaly you twat, there's nothing wrong with liking storms.

so shut you fucking gob you mug.

[slinkjaly]

do you guys have any idea how many people have died and lost their homes? I'm half Taiwanese, it makes me really upset to see you making fun of this serious event.

[ariel811212]

It is reported that there are 117 people have died until 8/14.Can you read Chinese?小林村in高雄,there are more than 600 people haven't been found...and the village who are saved said those people may be hopeless...God blessTaiwan

[wibblyteapot]

Great storm footage guys.. even if some people have attempted to turn the comments section into preacher's corner

Nobody 'sends' these storms to punish or kill anyone, they naturally happen, and when they hit dense population area's.. sadly people are killed

It's very sad... but please stop looking for people to blame for it

[aad1969]

dont kill inocent animals to eat and destroying the planet,,,,dont eat dogs, monkeys,,,and the disaster will never stop, the planet has an eye and it can see whatever the human does on it, so avoid killing animals respet nature,,,respet the animals on the ocean dont kill them,,,the sea get mad because this, and it will go to you and cover the streets with its water. you want peace respet so dont kill nature, china thailand, birmania japan,,etc, etc, all those countries. God is looking at you !!!

[Ptc417]

SORRY WHAT? do some research first buddy. we don't eat dogs or monkeys. lol

[NurseTAIWAN]

but we are not CHINA, alsom buddhism is from asian which support vegetarian. don't blame others like you know everythng. you're not the GOD.

[izzlybear123]

Very true!

[AntaeusDW]

If everyone on earth is vegetarian, then human beings will need a very large amount of vegetable. It's also a way to kill animals you know... :'(

[TheKellywood]

Ma please let international rescue teams in....for the love of god.....

[physicalzone]

man! you all don't have heart then do or say whatever u want at your own house, but please don't write your pathetic comments here, because unlike you people the rest of us have family, friends, a heart and sentiments and we feel for these people.

[paladin1000]

People were driving around like "You call this a storm, cmonnn! I'm going shopping"

[2funkyfunk]

where is typhoon morakot from?? show me the birth certificate!!!

[witch1712]

you guys sould be ashamed about youself while those people are struggling life outthere I can't belive that you have time for joke . Look at them .. they need help because of this typhoon people become homeless they lost their family ..house .. job ..everything . If you have sympahty please help them cos they need your help go to world vision website .. make the effort help them to build new home

[sickcow]

hot chick on the stretcher!

[The1stPoster]

love storms :D

[koollovely12]

Amazing video!!!...news videos dun av dis much reality as da raw one...u can even hear da winds gushing through da trees etc.

[csrtitus]

I like it RAW.

[myfavtipple]

上帝保佑台灣

[starf13bel]

amazing video quality! I can almost feel the wind...

[SamuraiX38]

man i feel so sorry for that guy with the moped! I hope he got indoors =X

[cri8tor]

More CO2 in the atm > warming of the planet > melting glaciers > more moister in the atm > more severe storms. My guess is storms such as this will be more common. Thanks to all the weak politicians and the fossil fuel industry.

[lkklee123]

good quality of this video

[lin1987kitten]

it would be not interesting if yor stayed in Taiwan.

we really need some help.Many people are suffering now.

[jlkweasel]

good footage....interesting to see the power still working and a few cars out and about.

[ConvectiveNorth]

Well done James.

[Photobyke]

Very nice footage. A superb day out.

[hickon323]

Poor TAIWAN! The people must b unhappy.!

[berthamei]

yes!!it is very very unhappy.

[laptopcors]

Superb footage James! Looks dangerous how that debris is flying unpredictable over the road. Are you already making plans for the next intercept?

[hkchozeh]

Stay safe, James. You guys are still getting hammered.

[PublicWeatherView]

Nice! Debris flying at you! Incredible footage!

[DasBritische]

I love the fact that there is a strange sense of day-to-day normality, like taxis still going, drivers observing traffic signals. Fabulous! Even the BBC (new website) has some of your footage,

[vmax135]

Incredible shots, James!!! Looks like the NWP factory is open for business. Are you going to make in back to Hong Kong in time for the second coming of Goni? LOL