For the first time in Taiwan! The drone quickly surveyed the disaster. 380 hectares of rice fields damaged by Qimei were photographed in one day and harvested the next day.

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Yesterday (20), the front of Meiyu went all the way to the south. between 3: 00 and 4: 00 in the afternoon, there were rare strong winds and showers in the Chimei area of Kaohsiung, which not only caused the collapse of large urban billboards and injured motorcyclists, but also caused serious lodging of rice during the harvest period. the Council of Agriculture roughly estimated that the damage area was at least 380 hectares.

Once mature rice has not yet been harvested, it is easy to sprout due to soaking in water and high temperature. in the past, in order to "preserve the site" for disaster exploration, it could not be harvested, and when the harvest was finished, almost all the rice was scrapped. Chen Jizhong, chairman of the Council of Agriculture of the Executive Yuan, personally went to Meinung this (21) afternoon to care about the disaster and announced that drones would be deployed for the first time tomorrow (22) to investigate the disaster, which could be completed on the same day.

He stressed that "the farmers only need to apply, and the supporting materials will be handed over to the drones for processing." as long as the farmers complete the declaration tomorrow, they can immediately carry out the post-disaster harvest the day after tomorrow, which makes the farmers present and the district office personnel breathe a sigh of relief.

News background: in the past, disaster survey was carried out by manpower. Taking 300 hectares and six disaster surveyors as an example, it took at least three working days. Today, the drone was tested on the site for the media to shoot. The result can be taken within 15 minutes. Complete the aerial photos of 80 hectares and 300 clear photos, and quickly complete the interpretation of rice area, area and corresponding farmers.

The two green areas on the screen are paddy fields and the dark ones are lodging areas. In response to disaster investigation, its accuracy and efficiency are indeed higher than those of manual workers (Photography / Li Huiyi)