Disaster investigation and analysis of Typhoon Morakot

Li, Hsin-Chi; Hsieh, Lung-Sheng; Chen, Liang‐Chun; Lin, Lee‐Yaw; Li, Wei-Sen

doi:10.1080/02533839.2012.736771

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“…In the disaster relief process, the Red Cross Society of Taiwan provided leadership and coordinated the integrated services of NPOs. The services included temporary shelters, relief supplies, transportation pick-up services, demand assessments, condolence money to victims, face-to-face visits, and disaster recovery consultations [49]. Moreover, the key network actors' involvements expanded the collaborative networks.…”

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Collaboration Mechanisms of Taiwan Nonprofit Organizations in Disaster Relief Efforts: Drawing Lessons from the Wenchuan Earthquake and Typhoon Morakot

Chang

2018

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Participation of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) is important in emergency management because NPOs often work in conjunction with governments to offer assistance and resources in the emergency management process. NPO participation in disaster relief efforts is a valuable experience for public officials and practitioners, but research investigating NPOs’ experiences in disaster relief efforts is limited. This study examines Taiwan’s NPO collaboration mechanisms during disaster relief efforts and specifically examines the lessons drawn from two major catastrophes by focusing on the opinions of NPO managers in the 88 Flooding Service Alliance who joined the disaster relief operation for the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake in China and 2009 Typhoon Morakot in Taiwan. The vital strategies and factors that contributed to successful NPO collaborations in disaster relief operations were determined through a survey on NPOs’ strategies for resource sharing and service integration and semi-structured interviews with 19 NPO managers. The findings indicate that NPO engagement in disaster services was crucial for the relief efforts of the two disaster events, and that long-term disaster service alliances are effective mechanisms for emergency collaboration in relief work.

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Section: Approaches To Developing Disaster Service Alliancesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Collaboration Mechanisms of Taiwan Nonprofit Organizations in Disaster Relief Efforts: Drawing Lessons from the Wenchuan Earthquake and Typhoon Morakot

Chang

2018

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“…In general, as well as in Taiwan, such catastrophic landslides also cause severe damages to infrastructure, and efforts both in time and money are needed to recover and maintain the transportation infrastructure such as roads and bridges [14][15][16][17]. Beyond the direct landslide hazard, large landslides can initiate natural hazard cascades by damming rivers and inducing catastrophic flash floods and debris flows [18][19][20]. The large amount of mobilized debris that originates from landslides significantly affects the drainage system, for example, resulting in an increase in erosion and sediment discharge in rivers, and changes in channel size and shape [5,21,22].…”

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Mapping and Analyzing the Evolution of the Butangbunasi Landslide Using Landsat Time Series with Respect to Heavy Rainfall Events during Typhoons

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Large rainfall-induced landslides are among the most dangerous natural hazards in Taiwan, posing a risk for people and infrastructure. Thus, better knowledge about the evolution of landslides and their impact on the downstream area is of high importance for disaster mitigation. The aim of this study is twofold: (1) to semi-automatically map the evolution of the Butangbunasi landslide in south-central Taiwan using satellite remote sensing data, and (2) to investigate the potential correlation between changes in landslide area and heavy rainfall during typhoon events. Landslide area, as well as temporary landslide-dammed lakes, were semi-automatically identified using object-based image analysis (OBIA), based on 20 Landsat images from 1984 to 2018. Hourly rainfall data from the Taiwan Central Weather Bureau (CWB) was complemented with rainfall data from Climate Hazards Group Infrared Precipitation with Station data (CHIRPS) to examine the potential relationship between landslide area changes and rainfall as a triggering factor. The OBIA mapping results revealed that the most significant landslide extension happened after typhoon Morakot in 2009. We found a moderate positive relationship between the landslide area change and the duration of the heavy rainfall event, whereas daily precipitation, cumulative rainfall and mean intensity did not present strong significant correlations.

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“…A large area of mountainous region is located in the southeast coast, owing to the advantages tunnels have such as overcoming topography or elevation obstacles, improving the linear and shortening mileage that the demand is determined to build more mountain tunnels when building rail or highway projects in these areas (Vu et al 2015;Luo et al 2018;Qiu et al 2018a,b). Typhoon disasters greatly increase the vulnerability of traffic facilities and the susceptibility of disaster chain in southeast coastal area (Li et al 2014;Lai et al 2016a;Yan et al 2018a,b;). An increasing number of tunnels are constructed in disadvantageous environments (Lai et al 2015(Lai et al , 2016b(Lai et al ,c, 2018aLuo et al 2019;Li, Qi, et al 2018;Qiu et al 2018c,d), the typhoon-rainstorm-debris flow disasters constitute serious threats to mountain tunnels.…”

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Typhoon triggered operation tunnel debris flow disaster in coastal areas of SE China

Rui

Wang

et al. 2019

Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk

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Typhoons have inflicted significant damage and loss of life to China, a large number of typhoon-rainstorm-debris flow-tunnel accidents occur in the southeastern coastal areas each year. Considering the disaster prevention and mitigation decision-making of disaster accidents in coastal areas and the reduction of regional economic losses, this Express Letter presents some typical accident scenes and rescue measures in recent years and analyses the hazard mechanism from three aspects. On this basis, we propose some suggestions such as the monitoring and earlywarning system, which can provide a few references for reducing disaster losses and improving disaster treatments.

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Disaster investigation and analysis of Typhoon Morakot

Cited by 21 publications

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Collaboration Mechanisms of Taiwan Nonprofit Organizations in Disaster Relief Efforts: Drawing Lessons from the Wenchuan Earthquake and Typhoon Morakot

Collaboration Mechanisms of Taiwan Nonprofit Organizations in Disaster Relief Efforts: Drawing Lessons from the Wenchuan Earthquake and Typhoon Morakot

Mapping and Analyzing the Evolution of the Butangbunasi Landslide Using Landsat Time Series with Respect to Heavy Rainfall Events during Typhoons

Typhoon triggered operation tunnel debris flow disaster in coastal areas of SE China

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