Terrawatch: lasting legacy of Taiwan's 2009 typhoon season

Typhoon Morakot left country with more quakes after changing stress pattern in Earth's crust

Eleven years ago, Typhoon Morakot slammed into Taiwan, deluging the country with 3,000 litres of rain per square metre in three days. Catastrophic flooding and landslides followed and more than 600 people died.

It is considered one of the worst tropical cyclones in Taiwan's recorded history. But that wasn't the end of it. New research reveals that the typhoon also left Taiwan with a legacy of extra earthquakes for the next few years.