->The Minister of the Interior arrived at UCC to express appreciation to the special search and rescue members for their hard work

The peripheral circulation of typhoon Khanun brought catastrophic torrential rains, severely damaged Ren-Ai Township, Nantou County. Floods and debris flows were reported at multiple sites. The special search and rescue team of National Fire Agency (NFA) rushed to the worst-affected areas of Ren-Ai at the first available time. A USAR Coordination Cell (UCC) was established to integrate the subsequent support and rescue teams and resources for joint efforts in search and rescue tasks.

Minister of the Interior Lin Yu-Chang was briefed the search and rescue works as he arrived at UCC at 14:00 on August 6. At present, the second brigade of Nantou County Fire Department (22 people), the NFA Special Search and Rescue Team (18 people and 2 dogs), New Taipei City Fire Department (50 people and 4 dogs), and Taichung City Fire Department (20 people and 2 dogs) were assembled at UCC. A total of 110 special search and rescue members and 8 search and rescue dogs were assigned to disaster relief.Supporting workers and search and rescue teams were dispatched to deliver life-supporting supplies to Lushan Hot Spring, and evacuated 2 stranded peoples at the Dongyan Mountain waterfall camping area.

After the briefing, the Minister instructed the search and rescue teams to not only devote all their efforts to disaster relief work, but also encouraged the rescue team members to pay attention to their own safety while working in the disaster areas. He recognized the search and rescue teams with an appreciation bonus and expressed his gratitude to the team members for helping Nantou with disaster relief and “measure another's foot by one's own last".