康芮颱風 kāng ruì táifēng - Typhoon Kong-rey

強風豪雨 qiáng fēng háo yǔ - strong winds and heavy rain

侵襲 qīnxí - to invade, attack

傳出 chuánchū - to spread, to report (of news)

災情 zāiqíng - disaster situation, damage from a disaster

登陸 dēnglù - to make landfall

淹水 yān shuǐ - to flood, flooding

誇張 kuāzhāng - exaggerated, extreme

電線杆 diànxiàn gān - utility pole, power pole

倒塌 dǎotā - to collapse, to topple

貨車 huòchē - truck, cargo vehicle

翻覆 fānfù - to overturn, to capsize

鐵皮屋 tiěpí wū - corrugated metal house

屋頂 wūdǐng - rooftop

被吹掀 bèi chuī xiān - blown off, lifted by the wind

土石流 tǔshí liú - mudslide

也不例外 yě bù lìwài - no exception

滾滾泥流 gǔngǔn níliú - rolling mudslide

直洩而下 zhí xiè ér xià - rushing straight down

暴漲 bàozhǎng - to surge, to swell rapidly

把橋沖毀 bǎ qiáo chōng huǐ - to wash away the bridge

災害 zāihài - disaster, calamity

松山區 Sōngshān Qū - Songshan District

路樹 lù shù - street tree

不敵強風 bù dí qiáng fēng - unable to withstand the strong wind

信義區 Xìnyì Qū - Xinyi District

倒 dǎo - to fall, to topple

連根拔起 lián gēn bá qǐ - uprooted

壓損 yā sǔn - crushed, damaged under pressure

車身 chē shēn - car body

嚴重變形 yánzhòng biànxíng - severely deformed

損壞 sǔnhuài - damage

頂加 dǐng jiā - rooftop extension

被吹翻 bèi chuī fān - blown over

吹落 chuī luò - blown down

砸到了 zá dào le - smashed, hit by a falling object

被吹落了 bèi chuī luò le - was blown down

一閃一閃 yī shǎn yī shǎn - flickering

電線 diànxiàn - electric wire, power line

招牌 zhāopái - signboard

掉落 diào luò - to fall off

生成 shēngchéng - to form, to generate

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