Northern Taiwan continues to count the cost of Typhoon Krathon, even though the storm itself has dissipated.
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00:00It took over 50 firefighters several hours to free a man trapped behind this northern
00:04Taiwan house after a sudden landslide hit.
00:07He was clearing the muck Typhoon Kwai Ton left in the space between his back wall and
00:11a mountain slope.
00:13Despite being pinned to the ground by a boulder, he was conscious and able to talk.
00:17To save him, firefighters had to tear down this wall.
00:36Scenes like this played out across northern Taiwan well into Friday.
00:39Though the typhoon made landfall on the opposite side of the island, it still brought record
00:44rainfall all the way here, enough to overwhelm even this famously rainy corner of the country.
00:50In the Ruifeng district, where over a hundred centimeters of rain fell in just two days,
00:54firefighters had to use a rope pulley system to send food to an indigenous village cut
00:58off by landslides, enough for the more than 100 residents trapped there.
01:03They also managed to help someone needing dialysis clamber down the mountainside using
01:06the same ropes to steady himself.
01:08Though everyone is fine for now, the community's leader says the storm damage has been immense.
01:13Even an important cultural space, where locals hold their harvest festival, was damaged.
01:29And it isn't just the rural mountains suffering.
01:32The port city of Heilong has seen major landslides in residential areas, leaving people there
01:36frightened.
01:37Although the storm itself has dissipated, its effects may be felt for a long time to
01:51come.
01:52Klein Wong and John Van Triest for Taiwan Plus.