wfn.org | Mountain region churches wary but prepared as typhoon season nears

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>      Taiwan Church News

>3043 Edition

>June 21~June 27, 2010

Mountain region churches wary but prepared as typhoon season nears

>Reported by Lin Yi-ying

>Written by Lydia Ma

Heavy rains in the past few days wreaked havoc in parts of  Kaohsiung. In view 
of the fast

approaching typhoon season, Taiwan Church News set out to see if  areas 
devastated by

Typhoon Morakot last year are already prepared to handle this  year’s typhoons.

Our attention turned to Taoyuan Township and Liouguei Township in  Kaohsiung 
County,

Chialan Village in Taitung County, Alishan in Chiayi County, and  Sinyi 
Township in Nantou

County because these areas were the worst hit by Typhoon Morakot.

“Typhoon drills and preventive measures should be the  government’s 
responsibility because

churches can only help mobilize material supplies in times of  crisis,” said 
PCT Tsou District

Church and Society Committee Chairman Rev. Wang Chih-sheng. His  remark 
shattered once

and for all the misperception that local churches are responsible  for carrying 
out rescue operations.

Wang further reported that Alishan Township Office had recently  staged a drill 
and the local

PCT-run crisis shelter had already stocked up food and daily  supplies just in 
case. But he

underscored that food shortages will most certainly remain a  serious problem 
if roads are

>destroyed by typhoons again.

According to South Bunun Presbytery, all its churches have checked  their 
generators and

other electronic appliances recently to ensure that they’re  running properly. 
The presbytery

plans to convene a meeting soon to draft a plan on necessary  measures needed 
to reduce

>damages inflicted by natural disasters.

East Paiwan Presbytery reported that in the aftermath of Typhoon  Morakot, more 
than 60

members from various churches under its jurisdiction had received  crisis 
prevention training

led by PCT, World Vision, and Chinese Christian Relief  Association.

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