Mingli Village in Hualien covered in rocks after flooding by Fung-wong
Mingli Village in Hualien covered in rocks after flooding by Fung-wong
2025-11-17
Mingli Village in Hualien’s Wanrong Township was heavily flooded last week, when Tropical Storm Fung-wong caused the Matai’an Creek barrier lake to overflow again. A week later, the village is still heavily covered in rocky debris. The township head had discouraged the public to volunteer as shovel superheros, as they did for Guangfu Township earlier, citing safety concerns.
The entire house is clogged up by rocks of all sizes. That it’s uninhabitable is an understatement.
It’s the same in another residence. The Armed Forces are here to help victims retrieve important items and documents, first and foremost.
- I’m heartbroken. I don’t know how I’ll clean this up.
The exterior is also completely littered in debris. Excavators have been digging for days on end, and finally, some roads have reopened. The village landmark, a statue of a woman with facial tattoo, was also recovered.
From a bird’s eye view, the village is completely in grey, being buried under a thick layer of mud and rocks. Heavy machinery run back and forth to clean up.
Victim of flood
Resident of Mingli Village
Nothing can be done. It’s all gone. Manual labor is useless. This takes heavy machinery.
The outer bands of Tropical Storm Fung-wong brought tremendous rainfall to Hualien and made the Matai’an Creek overflow again, this time affecting Mingli Village in Wanrong Township. Unlike in Guangfu Township last time, this time there were no “shovel superheroes.” The township head advised against volunteering due to safety concerns.
Liang Kuang-ming
Wanrong Township head
What we have here is completely different from Guangfu. It’s all rocks here. We’re grateful to all members of the public of Taiwan for being so kindhearted, but I’m afraid people might get injured.
Mr. Huang
Heavy machinery operator
There aren’t as many residents here. But there are lots of large rocks. Lots. Behind us, a 2-km section of road from the 3km mark of Hualien County Road No. 45 to Mingli Village has been cleared and reopened.
The heavy machinery operator also says that it may take another four days for the cleanup to make meaningful progress. It’s been almost a week since the flooding but the road to recovery has only just begun.
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婉拒志工! 明利村民宅堆滿石頭 鄉長:大型機具較有用
2025-11-17
受鳳凰颱風影響，馬太鞍溪再度溢流，花蓮萬榮鄉的"明利村"慘遭肆虐，滿目瘡痍，天災過後，搶災、復原工作才是一大挑戰，這次和上回光復鄉情況截然不同，幾乎都是石塊，有民宅內外堆滿石頭，鄉長也直呼，大型機具比較有用，婉拒熱心志工的幫忙，因為很怕他們受傷。
大大小小的石塊，塞滿了整個小矮房，整個屋子完全無法住人。
災民家裡滿目瘡痍，國軍弟兄趕緊來幫忙，協助災民先將重要東西、文件等拿出來。
“很心痛，我也不知道怎麼整理”
屋外地面上，滿滿都是大大小小的石塊，怪手、山貓等機具不斷清運，連續幾天搶災工作，終於清出一些道路，明利村的部落精神象徵"紋面阿嬤"雕像，也再度重見天日。
從空拍畫面看更驚人，放眼望去灰矇矇一片，整個村落都堆積著厚厚淤泥、石塊，大型機具進進出出，不斷搶災。
[[災民]]
“完全都沒有辦法了，就是全部都摧毀了，人力是沒有辦法，這只能大型的器具”
鳳凰颱風外圍環流影響，馬太鞍溪再度溢流，肆虐花蓮萬榮鄉明利村，不過這次的情況和上回光復鄉不一樣，鄉長直呼，感謝外界想來幫忙的志工，但先暫時婉拒。
[[花蓮萬榮鄉長 梁光明]]
“我們這邊跟光復完全截然不同，這邊都是石頭，非常感謝我們所有民眾，台灣的民眾很有這個愛心，如果來的話我怕又受傷”
[[重機搶修工程 黃老闆]]
“這邊的住戶比較少，但是這邊都是大石頭，大石頭很多，而且我們後面這裡，還有兩公里的道路，花45縣3K到明利村部落，都已經搶通”
協助搶修的重機具業者，預計還得花個四天，才能清出大概的輪廓。天災過後，家園復原之路，才正要開始。
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