2009.08.10 NASA 報導台灣的水災－Andrewl8510的部落格

美國太空總署 (NASA) 在 2009.08.10 也報導台灣的水災. 特別翻譯為中文供大家參考. 其實我們台灣高大的中央山脈阻擋了強大的颱風吹襲, 但也把充沛的雨水給擋了下了而造成水災, "青山無辜,風雨有罪", 此時此刻讓我們祈禱上帝保佑所有的台灣子民都能平安, 都能從創傷中勇敢走出來. 也請大家有錢出錢, 有力出力幫助災民走出難關. 地震與颱風都是台灣免不了的天災,地震使得台灣有高山,颱風使得台灣有氾濫平原,台灣人要學習如何避災,與大地和諧相處。 God bless Taiwan !

Slow-Moving Typhoon Morakot Inundates Taiwan (慢速移動的莫納克颱風水淹台灣)

Though its winds were not particularly powerful when it made landfall in Tawian, slow-moving Typhoon Morakot soaked the southern part of the island with heavy rain between August 3 and 9, 2009. The water-soaked ground slid off the sides of mountains, generating deadly landslides. The largest slide occurred in the southern mountains of Taiwan; as of August 10, at least a hundred people were still missing.

This image of the rainfall accumulation along Morakot’s path through the western Pacific is based on estimates from the near-real-time, Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis, which is produced by scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. The analysis depends on data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite. Increasing storm intensity (beginning with Tropical Depression) is indicated by darker shades of red. Morakot intensified to Category 2 strength prior to landfall. Highest rainfall totals (greater than 900 millimeters, or about 34 inches) are dark blue, and they are concentrated over the mountains of southern Taiwan. According to BBC news, the flooding in Taiwan is the worst in 50 years.

雖然它的風並不是特別有威力, 當它登陸台灣時, 慢速移動的Morakot 颱風在2009/8/3 ~ 8/9 帶來的大雨讓這島嶼的南部浸泡在水裡. 水, 土石流滑出了山邊, 產生致命的滑坡, 這大型的滑動引發南台灣截止到8/10, 至少100 人仍然是失蹤.

這累積的雨量是沿著 Morakot 路徑, 通過西太平洋是根據即時的多個衛星雨量分析所估計出來. 那是由 NASA Goddard 太空起飛行中心的科學家所完成的. 這分析是來自於 "熱帶雨量任務衛星" 的資料. 增強中的風暴強度(起始於熱帶性低氣壓) 是用較暗的紅色陰影所標示. Morakot 增強到第二類之前才登陸. 最高的雨量總計大於 900 公釐或 34 英吋是深藍色, 而它們是集中於南台灣的山區上空. 根據 BBC 新聞, 這是50年來在台灣最慘重的水災.