Drone footage on Wednesday, Nov. 12 showed vast areas of Taiwan’s largely rural eastern county of Yilan inundated after Typhoon Fun-wong brought excessive downpours ahead of its expected landfall. Reuters was able to independently verify the location of the video through the road layout, bridge and buildings, which matched file and satellite images. Reuters was able to verify the date of the footage from the original file metadata. The island’s fire department said about 8,300 people were moved