"No one knows about the September typhoon."
The Taiwanese proverb "No one knows when a September typhoon is coming" means that "even in the ninth month of the lunar calendar, there will still be typhoons, so you can't afford to be careless". The succession of fall typhoons really confirmed this proverb. Typhoon Fanapi hit southern Taiwan hard, raining nearly 1,000 millimeters in Kaohsiung and causing massive flooding. Mayor Chen was bombarded for the incident, but last week's Typhoon Meiji brought heavy rainfall, causing massive flooding in Yilan and Suao, and a major collapse of the Suhua Highway.