Not a place i would normally associate with floods but it's often the case that such places experience the worst impacts coz they're not used to it. Whereas Taiwan has an excellent drainage system able to withstand 500 mil without too much drama, a drier zone that lacks that infrastructure will experience a disaster with the same amount of rain or less. Derma received only 250-300 mm, but that was enough to set off a chain reaction of catastrophic events.

In this case, torrential rain from Storm Daniel caused a dam to burst its banks, which then caused another dam downstream to collapse, which then sent a wall of water through populated areas.

Some estimates are saying the death-toll could reach 20 000!