Concerned about mudslides, ...

[sitifan]

Concerned about mudslides, the local government quickly evacuated the villagers from their homes before the typhoon hit the mountain area.
Source: http://www.taiwantestcentral.com/grammar/Spelling.aspx?MainCategoryID=2&ID=1166

Mr. Mike Liu, a Taiwanese teacher of English, says that the above sentence is grammatically incorrect.
Is the sentence acceptable to native speakers?

 

[jutfrank]

Yes, it's fine.

Why haven't you told us what Mr. Liu thinks we don't find acceptable?

 

[sitifan]

Why haven't you told us what Mr. Liu thinks we don't fnd acceptable?

According to Mr. Liu, the corrected version is as follows:
Being concerned about mudslides, the local government quickly evacuated the villagers from their homes before the typhoon hit the mountain area.
https://classic-blog.udn.com/chihchien180/14740056

 

[jutfrank]

I would never have guessed that that was the issue.

 

[sitifan]

I would never have guessed that that was the issue.

Is Mr. Liu's version also acceptable to you?

 

[Tarheel]

It's OK. However, the additional word is unnecessary.

 

[PeterCW]

Mr Liu's version sounds stilted and old fashioned.

It reminds me of the word for word translation of Caesar's Gallic War that I purchased when learning Latin 60 years ago.