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4 missing as torrential rain pounds southern, eastern Taiwan

Daily Maverick · 🇿🇦 public South Africa · · 287 words · By Reuters
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What to know about 4 missing as torrential rain pounds southern, eastern Taiwan

A low-pressure system has hovered over southern Taiwan for the past few days, bringing heavy rain and causing flooding.

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What happened

A low-pressure system has hovered over southern Taiwan for the past few days, bringing heavy rain and causing flooding.

Why it matters

The local governments of the two cities of Kaohsiung and Tainan, home to more than four million people, ordered offices and schools closed, as did the counties of Pingtung and Chiayi and the mountainous eastern counties of Taitung and Hualien.

Common ground

The Kaohsiung government said it expected cumulative rainfall over the five-day period of the low-pressure system to exceed 1.3 metres (4.3 feet), nearly half what the city typically expects in an entire year.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Taiwan's fire department said four people were missing in the floodwaters - three in Hualien and one in Tainan.”
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The specific detail about four people missing (three in Hualien, one in Tainan) is reported by one source. Another source mentions 14 deaths in Hualien, but does not corroborate the specific 'four missing' count for these two cities.
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web search NEUTRAL — Taiwan's fire department said four people were missing in the floodwaters - three in Hualien and one in Tainan. TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, said in a statement it had completed routi…
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-08-23/office…
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web search NEUTRAL — At least 14 people have been confirmed dead after floodwaters from the Matai'an Creek Barrier Lake surged into Guangfu Township, Hualien County, officials said early Wednesday.
https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202509240003
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web search NEUTRAL — A woman is missing after being swept away by floodwaters north of Cessnock in the Hunter Valley, as wild weather batters parts of New South Wales with heavy ...
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Claim 2: “The Kaohsiung government said it expected cumulative rainfall over the five-day period of the low-pressure system to exceed 1.3 metres (4.3 feet), nearly half what the city typically expects in an entire year.”
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Two independent web sources ('Offices, schools closed in southern Taiwan due to torrential rain' and 'Taiwan braces for Typhoon Saudel...') explicitly confirm the Kaohsiung government's expectation of cumulative rainfall exceeding 1.3 metres over a five-day period.
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web search NEUTRAL — Kaohsiung, officially Kaohsiung City, is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. With a population of approximately 2.7 million people, it is Taiwan's third most populous city and the large…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaohsiung
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web search NEUTRAL — The Kaohsiung government said it expected cumulative rainfall over the five-day period of the low-pressure system to exceed 1.3 metres (4.3 feet), nearly half what the city typically expects in an ent…
https://www.brecorder.com/news/40436290/offices-schools-clos…
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web search NEUTRAL — ...Reuters reported.The Kaohsiung government said cumulative rainfall over the five-day period affected by the low-pressure system was expected to exceed 1.3 metres (4.3 feet), nearly half the amount …
https://rajhajcommittees.in/taiwan-braces-for-typhoon-saudel…
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Claim 3: “Taiwan Railway said there would be disruptions on the main east coast line and trains to and from Kaohsiung and Taitung with express services cancelled and local trains dependent on weather conditions.”
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The specific details regarding disruptions on the east coast line and cancelled express services between Kaohsiung and Taitung are found in only one source. Other sources mention general suspensions in Hualien/Taitung but not the specific Kaohsiung-Taitung express service detail.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kaohsiung, officially Kaohsiung City, is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. With a population of approximately 2.7 million people, it is Taiwan's third most populous city and the large…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaohsiung
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the structural hierarchy of the administrative divisions in Taiwan, there are three types of administrative divisions with the Chinese word shì (市, "city") in their names.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Taiwan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Taitung City (Chinese: 臺東市; pinyin: Táidōng Shì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-tang-chhī) is a county-administered city and the county seat of Taitung County, Taiwan. It lies on the southeast coast of Taiwan facing…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taitung_City
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Claim 4: “The local governments of the two cities of Kaohsiung and Tainan, home to more than four million people, ordered offices and schools closed, as did the counties of Pingtung and Chiayi and the mountainous eastern counties of Taitung and Hualien.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of links to Vinted (a second-hand clothing marketplace), which is completely irrelevant to school closures in Taiwan.
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Claim 5: “Taiwan's Central Weather Administration said separately that Typhoon Saudel, currently heading towards Japan's southern Okinawa region, is expected to pass by the northern part of Taiwan early on Friday before reaching the eastern coast of China.”
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Three independent sources (Focus Taiwan, a report on China's south, and a general news report) confirm the Central Weather Administration's forecast that Typhoon Saudel would pass northern Taiwan on Friday before reaching China.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Central Weather Administration (CWA; Chinese: 交通部中央氣象署; pinyin: Jiāotōng Bù Zhōngyāng Qìxiàng Shǔ) is the government meteorological research and forecasting institution of Taiwan (the Republic of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Weather_Administration
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Typhoon Dolphin was a powerful, large and very long-lived tropical cyclone that affected East China. The thirteenth named storm, fifth typhoon and third violent typhoon of the 2026 Pacific typhoon sea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Dolphin_(2026)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Typhoon Kong-rey, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Leon, was a powerful and large tropical cyclone that impacted Taiwan and the Philippines before later affecting East China, South Korea, an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Kong-rey_(2024)
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Claim 6: “A low-pressure system has hovered over southern Taiwan for the past few days, bringing heavy rain and causing flooding.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists entirely of irrelevant adult content search results. No factual information regarding weather in Taiwan was found in the evidence provided for this specific claim.
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Claim 7: “After passing the southern Japanese islands, it will slow and become a medium-strength typhoon, though it is not forecast to make landfall on Taiwan but will bring heavy rain, the administration said.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia pages for typhoon seasons and the CWA, but none of these sources contain the specific forecast details regarding Typhoon Saudel's strength or its lack of landfall in Taiwan.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Central Weather Administration (CWA; Chinese: 交通部中央氣象署; pinyin: Jiāotōng Bù Zhōngyāng Qìxiàng Shǔ) is the government meteorological research and forecasting institution of Taiwan (the Republic of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Weather_Administration
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 Pacific typhoon season was a deadly and destructive season that became the deadliest since 2013. It was a below-average season in terms of accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) but was slightly ab…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Pacific typhoon season is an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation in the western Pacific Ocean. The season runs throughout 2026, although most tropical cyclones typ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Pacific_typhoon_season
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Claim 8: “TSMC 2330.TW, the world's largest contract chipmaker, said in a statement it had completed routine heavy rain preparation procedures at all its Taiwan factories, which were operating normally.”
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Claim 9: “TSMC has factories in both Tainan and Kaohsiung, and is building new facilities in Chiayi country.”
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Evidence confirms TSMC is building a new packaging plant in Chiayi. Wikipedia and web results confirm TSMC's presence in Tainan and Kaohsiung (via the mention of the Renwu Industrial Park in Kaohsiung and general company headquarters/operations).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 21 January 2025, at 00:17:26 TST (16:17 UTC on 20 January), a ML 6.4 (Mw 6.0) earthquake struck Dongshan District, Tainan City, Taiwan, near the border with Chiayi County. It was caused by reverse …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Tainan–Chiayi_earthquake
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (Chinese: 台灣積體電路製造股份有限公司; Taiwan Semiconductor or TSMC, stylised in all lowercase) is a Taiwanese multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSMC
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a special municipality in southern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and commonly called the "prefect…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainan
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