In recent years, we have been experiencing a series of disasters caused by the typhoons, with major damages reported this time around. What are the governments doing about it? Are there professionals monitoring over less populated areas? Here on CTS, we explain how the Soil and Water Conservation Bureau has been training staffs since 2005, and they can be found in every corner of the island to provide relief effort when necessary.

In this scene, the person knocking on the door is Nantou County's Shuili Township Shinshan VillageChie, Lin Mei-Ling.

She also holds another duty as she is a landslide prevention member.

During Typhoon Morakot, she worked quickly to save the precious lives of local residents.

Although it has been one year since Typhoon Morakot, the event is still fresh in her mind.

If it were not for the timely bridge closure and evacuation, the disaster could have been much larger. Upon revisiting this place, she still sees a lot of sadness.

During tyhoons, government agencies work closely together.

The Soil and Water Conservation Bureau is the guardian of local efforts to defend against these disasters.

When such incidents occur, electricity is generally interrupted and it is difficult to spread the message to locals.

For this, they rely upon disaster prevention specialists. Those performing this duty similar to Lin Mei-Ling currently number 800 people, and during times of heavy rain and typhoon, they need to raise awareness and allowed those living in remote areas to access an emergency response system.

This bottom-up preventive measure is thought to help minimize the impact and damage caused by these natural disasters.