Northern Taiwan Battered by Rain While Southern Taiwan Gets Respite

People wade through knee-deep waters at a school in New Taipei in Taiwan's north. This flooding, a result of just hours of rain on Friday morning. At another school nearby, the campus is almost completely submerged. The rain was so bad that eight schools in the vicinity cancelled classes early. Local authorities stepped in to get the students to safety. Over in southern Taiwan, sunshine. But fair conditions like this have been a rarity in this part of the country these days. After nearly a week of continual downpours, locals now have a bit of respite to recover. One man in his 70s was injured and evacuated in Jiayi City on Friday morning after his home collapsed after relentless rains. The wet conditions have also damaged infrastructure across the south with reported landslides and a cracked road causing at least one accident. While heavy rain warnings have been lifted around Taiwan for now, precipitation is still in the forecast.