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A rockfall in rural Miaori County, Taiwan, resulted in injuries and significant damage to multiple vehicles on Monday.
Footage captured a particularly striking moment where a large rock crashed down, impacting two cars.
In Miaori County, Taiwan, an incident involving a rockslide injured one individual and caused extensive damage to two vehicles on Monday. The rocks came tumbling down as an unsuspecting driver passed by.
Video of the event, which has since circulated widely online, depicts the rocks—some larger than SUVs—crashing onto the road. Fortunately, both a motorcyclist and a driver in a sedan managed to escape serious injury, although one vehicle was still impacted.
The driver of an SUV halted to assess the situation as the rock continued to fall. One person sustained injuries during this chaotic event.
The transport officials in Miaori County believe that recent heavy rains contributed significantly to the rockfall by loosening the mountainside. As a precaution, parts of the road have been closed due to ongoing instability and further rockfalls.
This isn’t the first instance of such occurrences gaining online attention. Older videos have resurfaced, depicting a near-miss with scooter riders during a landslide in Indonesia. That incident, which occurred in 2020, has also been erroneously shared, at times being claimed to have happened in locations like Gore and Meghalaya.
