Taipei, April 8 (CNA) A mud volcano erupted near a local temple in Wandan Township in Pingtung County on Friday morning, heaving large amounts of mud above ground that flowed into surrounding roads and fields.
A mud volcano erupted at a temple in Pingtung County’s Wandan Township (萬丹) yesterday, spewing out a large volume of mud and water, which flowed onto surrounding roads and fields.
The eruption, the second at the site since October last year, occurred at about 6am at Huang Yuan Sheng Tien (皇源聖殿), a temple surrounded by farmland in Wannei Village (灣內).
Video of the event showed surges of material thrown as high as the building’s second floor.
To keep the mud from entering rice paddies, excavators were mobilized to channel it toward drainage ditches, Wannei Village Warden Chen Yu-i (陳玉意) said.
Normally, a fire would