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Typhoon Morakot - Sunday

So after the wind of Friday and calm of Saturday, Typhoon Morakot decided to drop all its water on Taiwan today.

 Included in this post : a photo of the dark clouds from my window, a video of some of the heaviest rain I've ever seen, and a video of a news report showing a multi-storey building collapsing into a river, as the one side of it's foundations is washed away. According to a local newspaper headline, this is the worst flooding Taiwan has ever experienced. And to think that just a few days ago people were predicting water restrictions due to the lack of rain Taiwan had had this summer...

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Typhoon Morakot - Saturday

The incredible winds on Friday died down to an almost total stillness on Saturday morning, so I ventured outside my apartment to survey some of the damage.

                 
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Typhoon Morakot - Friday

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Here's a compilation of video clips I took of Typhoon Morakot on Friday. Needless to say, I didn't go in to work, and stayed indoors pretty much the whole day.

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Black Clouds

Had some pretty impressive clouds roll in the other day. Of course, I've upped the contrast of this image significantly.

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