The school scrambled to dig an extra drainage channel on the campus and install a pump after flood water from heavy rains seeped through cracks and under doors into classrooms, a school press release said.
The new school facilities on the Wenlin Road campus -- scheduled to open at the start of the new school year in August -- were not damaged because of their higher elevation, the statement said.
The Central Weather Bureau warned that more wet weather was on the way.
Heavy rains would continue until Wednesday, said Daniel Wu (
A Council of Agriculture official said yesterday that agricultural losses caused by the downpours had reached an estimated NT$21.87 million (US$662,200) as of Thursday night.
The two counties that have been most seriously affected are Changhua County, with losses amounting to NT$12.9 million, and Miaoli County, with losses totaling NT$ 8.95 million, the official said.
The official added that 25 percent of 571 hectares of farmland around the country has been damaged by heavy rains, with the most affected crops being watermelon, musk melon, green onion, cabbage and wax gourd.
Additional reporting by Max Hirsch and CNA
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