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New study analyzes the influence of the extreme weather and geological conditions on the forced migrations of Paiwan people of southern Taiwan

In August of 2009, typhoon Morakot passed over Taiwan, triggering over 22,000 landslides and adding another chapter to the forced migration of indigenous settlements in the mountainous areas. A new study recently published in the journal Tectonophysics has analyzed how extreme weather such as that caused by Morakot, when coupled with local geological co…

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