A man walks past a damaged car, swept away by floodwaters, in Hualien on September 24, 2025, following the bursting of a barrier lake during the passing of Super Typhoon Ragasa. The typhoon’s passage in Taiwan killed at least 15 and injured 18 when a decades-old lake barrier burst in the eastern Hualien county under the storm’s heavy rains, according to regional officials. (Photo by I-Hwa Cheng / AFP)