Days of Heavy Rain in Kaohsiung: KMT Postpones Traveling Central Standing Committee Meeting
Days of heavy rain have flooded parts of Kaohsiung, forcing the KMT to postpone a planned party meeting there — bad news for farmers and fish farmers now counting their losses.
- The KMT called off its traveling Central Standing Committee meeting in Kaohsiung and will reschedule it later.
- Flooding has hit many districts since last weekend, and five districts still have work and school suspended.
- Another burst of heavy rain early today put parts of the city back under water.
- Farmland and fish ponds are flooded, and crop and aquaculture losses are still being tallied.
- KMT Kaohsiung chair and mayoral candidate Ko Chih-en has been touring the worst-hit districts and plans to ask the central government for relief money.
Outlook: The rain has not fully stopped, so cleanup will continue and more damage claims are likely in the coming days.