ABSTRACT
Typhoon Mindulle moved west after taking shape and landed on the east of Taiwan, about 20 km from the southeast of the island with a speed of 15 km/h on July 1, 2004 and left from the northwest of the island on July 2. According to the Central Weather Bureau, the island’s average annual rainfall was about 2500 mm, in which approximately 70% of the precipitation occurred between May and September, i.e. during the typhoons season. This chapter identifies the attributes of landslides generated after the heavy rainfalls that were brought by the four intense typhoons (Mindulle, Aere, Haima and Nock-Ten struck) in 2004. Typhoon Aere moved toward the northwest after taking shape on August 20, 2004 and landed on the northeast of the island with a speed of 15 km/h on August 25. The typhoon moved gradually southwest after entering the Strait of Taiwan and entered Fujian from northeastern side of Jinmen at 12:00 pm on August 25.
