Quwu used to be...

as well-known all over the world, typhoon Morakot hit Taiwan from the 6th to the 11h of august 2009 

Since it brought heavy rain, the typhoon caused a lot f damage all around the country 

such as floods, homes swept away, and thousands of landslides in the central range. 

Those pictures were taken in Quwu... 

which is nos empty because the aboriginal people who used to live there, realized that it wasn't safe anymore... all the village is movingdownward ; 

even if no one died because they did escape 
the mountains before the typhoon arrived, 
they had to move out to the plains... 
they now live in Sandimen which is safer but not 100%  
since it's located at the end of the main catchment.