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Forensic Investigation of Typhoon Morakot Disaster: Nansalu and Daniao Village Case Study NCDR 102-T28 Forensic Investigation of Typhoon Morakot Disaster: Nansalu and Daniao Village Case Study Hui­Hsuan Yang, Su­Ying Chen, Sung­Ying Chien , and Wei­Sen Li 2014.05 Contents CONTENTS ................................................................................................................... I TABLES. ....................................................................................................................... II FIGURES ..................................................................................................................... III ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................. IV I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................. 1 II. TYPHOON MORAKOT DISASTER ......................................................................... 2 III. REVIEWING POSSIBLE CAUSES OF MORAKOT IMPACTS: ..................................... 4 (I) METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS .............................................................................................. 4 (II) PHYSIOGRAPHIC FACTORS ................................................................................................ 4 (III) DISASTER MITIGATION ................................................................................................... 4 (IV) DISASTER RESPONSE ..................................................................................................... 6 IV. RESEARCH APPROACH ....................................................................................... 8 V. CASES STUDY ................................................................................................... 11 (I) CASE 1: NANSALU VILLAGE ............................................................................................. 11 (II) CASE 2: DANIAO VILLAGE .............................................................................................. 22 (III) COMPARISON OF THE CASES .......................................................................................... 30 VI. KEY FACTORS IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF EFFECTIVE DISASTER MITIGATION, PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE MEASURES .................................................... 32 (I) PEOPLE ....................................................................................................................... 32 (II) AFFAIRS ..................................................................................................................... 33 (III) TIME ........................................................................................................................ 33 (IV) PLACE ...................................................................................................................... 33 (V) EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................................... 34 VII. CONCLUSION ................................................................................................... 35 REFERENCES ............................................................................................................. 36 I Tables TABLE 1 THE TOP 4 STATIONS WITH THE MOST ACCUMULATED RAINFALL DURING TYPHOON MORAKOT IN 8/6~8/10 ...... 2 TABLE 2 NUMBER OF DAMAGED HOUSES AND CASUALTIES IN EACH COUNTY/CITY .................................................... 3 TABLE 3 DAMAGE ESTIMATES OF TYPHOON MORAKOT ....................................................................................... 3 TABLE 4 CASE SELECTION .............................................................................................................................. 10 TABLE 5 RECORDS OF RAINFALL STATIONS NEAR NANSALU VILLAGE ...................................................................... 13 TABLE 6 RECORDS OF EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DRILLS OF THE SWCB ...................... 15 TABLE 7 POTENTIAL DEBRIS FLOW TORRENTS OF DANIAO VILLAGE ....................................................................... 23 TABLE 8 RECORDS OF RAINFALL STATIONS NEAR DANIAO VILLAGE ........................................................................ 24 TABLE 9 RECORDS OF EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DRILLS OF THE SWCB ...................... 25 TABLE 10 COMPARISON OF THE CASES .............................................................................................................. 31 II Figures FIGURE 1 SIGNIFICANT TYPHOON EVENTS AND DISASTER SCALES COMPARE TO THE DISASTER MITIGATION ENGINEERING BUDGET….……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…5 FIGURE 2 TIME SEQUENCE OF EVACUATION AND CASUALTIES ................................................................................... 7 FIGURE 3 CAUSE AND EFFECT INTERACTION ......................................................................................................... 9 FIGURE 4 NANSALU VILLAGE POTENTIAL DEBRIS FLOW TORRENT AND THE AFFECTED AREA (SWCB, 2008) ................... 12 FIGURE 5 NANSALU VILLAGE POTENTIAL DEBRIS FLOW TORRENT AND THE AFFECTED AREA (SWCB, 2013) ................... 12 FIGURE 6 CAUSE EFFECT ANALYSIS OF NANSALU VILLAGE DEBRIS FLOW DISASTER ..................................................... 21 FIGURE 7 DANIAO VILLAGE POTENTIAL DEBRIS FLOW TORRENT AND THE AFFECTED AREA (SWCB, 2008) ..................... 24 FIGURE 8 DANIAO VILLAGE POTENTIAL DEBRIS FLOW TORRENT AND THE AFFECTED AREA (SWCB, 2013) ..................... 24 FIGURE 9 EMERGENCY SHELTER OF DANIAO VILLAGE DURING TYPHOON MORAKOT .................................................. 27 FIGURE 10 THE CAUSE EFFECT ANALYSIS OF DANIAO VILLAGE DEBRIS FLOW DISASTER.................................................. 29 III Abstract This study explores the causes of the Typhoon Morakot disaster based on adopting principles proposed by the forensic investigation approach, so as to learn from experiences of past disaster and disaster resilience. Typhoon Morakot severely devastated the southern areas of Taiwan in August 2009 and brought record‐breaking rainfalls ever recorded, causing large‐scale floods, landslides and debris flows. Indigenous tribes living in mountainous areas were the hardest hit, including loss of original inhabitation, damages to homes, and heavy casualties. In order to learn from Typhoon Morakot, this study compares two communities that were adversely impacted by debris flow in 2009: Nansalu Village in Kaohsiung City and Daniao Village in Taitung County. Through conducting on‐site interviews, reviewing secondary data and applying cause effect analysis, this study is aimed at gaining insight understanding of why and how local residents find their own solutions to enhance resilience at grassroots level . By comparing real situations after Typhoon Morakot, the learned experiences extensively help communities to take decisive decisions that bring more deep reflections about how to adapt themselves to afterward extreme events in 2010 and later on. According to strategies of two areas about how to mitigate key factors leading to casualties and how to better enhance emergency preparedness, the countermeasures did reflect different outcomes between two areas. Namaxia Township Office and the head of Nansalu Village did not well implement response measures as expected. In contrast, the head of Daniao Village and the Township Office actively responded to emergency and decisively evacuated residents within potentially hazardous areas. Furthermore, shelter operation of the two villages also had shown significant differences, in which the shelter of Nansalu Village was poorly operated in condition of shortage of food, water and medical supplies, while Daniao Village and the township office properly responded and handled the shelter and supplies for evacuees. At stage of quick relief, Nansalu Village did not have an official contact window to coordinate required aid, while supplies and aid were rapidly shipped to Daniao Village under the Township Office’s assistance. The comparison of these two cases shows that involvement of social factors related to preparedness and past experience of disaster are essential elements to lower adverse impacts brought by natural disaster. In order to strengthen disaster resilience, social factors born by local residents and public sector should be considered as a linkage to formulate public‐private partnership on strengthening disaster resilience. Keywords: Debris flow, Root cause analysis, Forensic investigation, Disaster response IV Forensic Investigation of Typhoon Morakot Disaster: Nansalu and Daniao Village Case Study I. Introduction Typhoon Morakot has pushed further improvements of framework and operation related to disaster management and emergency response in Taiwan. Central and local governments, communities, NGOs and citizens have raised awareness of high risk because of catastrophic aftermaths brought by Typhoon Morakot. Besides casualties and damages, Premier of the Executive Yuan assumed political responsibility to step down and so did several ministers that led to a major cabinet reshuffle. By showing solid actions to respond to critics and expectation of the whole nations, the new cabinet carried a series of remedial measures including law amendments, restructuring framework of disaster management, publicizing hazard maps, enhancing inter‐and‐intra coordination among government agencies, and strengthening risk communication. All these measures were designed to fill the gaps exposed by Typhoon Morakot. Many reports and
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