A tropical depression approaches Eastern Taiwan
A tropical depression approaches Eastern Taiwan
2025-06-12
We begin with the weather. Although Tropical Storm Wutip, the first tropical storm of the year, has not affected Taiwan directly, the outer cloud system of a tropical depression currently southeast of Taiwan has brought heavy rain to Hualien and Taitung. Late last night, a small river suddenly formed in front of an elementary school in Taitung’s Jinfeng Township, leaving a road cracked with holes filled with water. On Lanyu, Hongtou Creek saw a sudden spike in its water levels, with a deluge of rapidly moving mud.
Brown mud pours out continuously towards the sea.
At the other end of the stream, the water level rose sharply and there were mudslides. Lanyu’s Badai Bay and Hongtou Creek were all affected by the approach of an outer cloud system from a tropical depression and the rain came down in buckets.
Jinfeng Township in Taitung was also affected. An industrial road in front of Hsin Hsing Elementary School was cracked and had holes. Rainwater got in all the cavities, forming small ponds.
Chiang Cheng-kuang
Jinfeng Township mayor
The ditch had some cracks that aren’t visible to the eye that became enlarged and eroded. This resulted in some ridges on the asphalt while the layers underneath get washed away. At the same time, the overflowing water washed over the surface of the road, and the lower layer of the original asphalt road has sunk deeper into the earth.
The heavy rain came quickly and suddenly, and water was unable to be drained properly from the ditch, causing the already cracked asphalt road to be further damaged. Today Jinfeng’s township mayor will also conduct more inspections with his team and find ways to provide residents with a safe way to return home. Now, let’s turn to Hualien.
A road is heavily flooded. Cars splash water when passing slowly by. All they can do is slow down to avoid skidding.
Excavators and Highway Bureau vehicles stand guard at the entrance of Suhua Highway tunnel fearing that the rain will get heavier and there will be landslides in mountainous areas. Even though the rain has stopped, the Highway Bureau dares not let down its guard.
Voice of Lin Wen-hsiung
Highway Bureau
The Suhua Highway has three points: Heren tunnel, Huide tunnel and Chongde. We have stationed a bulldozer, an excavator and carts, along with repair and security personnel. They are now on standby at the scene. Of course we don’t rule out that there could be advance warning that parts of the road could be closed off.
The seas around Turtle Island in Yilan were also affected. Waves surged at the dock and there were large drops in elevation between high and low tides. For safety reasons, the island was closed for one day and officials in the eastern regions were on high alert to prevent against any disasters.
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暴雨! 熱低壓逼近台灣東部 台東產業道路"淹成池塘"
2025-06-12
雖然蝴蝶颱風對台灣沒有造成影響，但是海面上另一個熱低壓的外圍雲系，已經為花東地區帶來大雨。昨天深夜台東金峰鄉有國小門前突然出現溪流，柏油路面破碎到處都是積水。還有蘭嶼紅頭溪溪水暴漲，滾滾泥流水，場面相當嚇人。
黃色泥流，不斷往大海沖刷。
另一頭的溪水，水勢暴漲，出現滾滾泥流，蘭嶼"八代灣"及"紅頭溪"，受到熱帶性低氣壓外圍雲系接近影響，大雨下個不停。
同樣受影響的，還有台東金峰鄉，新興國小前方產業道路，就看到柏油路面，凹凸不平，破裂處還積滿雨水，成了小池塘。
[[台東縣金峰鄉長 蔣爭光]]
“原來水溝內部看不見的地方，有一些隙縫就被擴大侵蝕，而造成現在柏油路面以下，仍然有一些隆起被沖刷的狀態。同時目前外溢的水，一樣在路面上面沖刷以後，原來的柏油路面的下一層，直接就穿透到內部”
大雨來得又快又急，加上水溝無法正常排水，讓原本就破裂的柏油路，受損更加嚴重，今天鄉長也將找來公所會勘，還給居民安全回家的路，鏡頭再轉到花蓮。
只見路面積水嚴重，汽車緩緩經過，就會濺起水花，擔心打滑，只好放慢行駛。
怪手、公路局車輛，在蘇花公路隧道口戒備，就怕雨勢越來越大，山區發生土石流，即使現在雨勢間歇，公路局不敢大意！
[[聲源:公路局東區養護工程分局長 林文雄]]
“蘇花公路和仁、匯德、崇德有三個進駐點，我們進駐的一個裝載機、挖掘機、板車，包括我們搶修人員跟警戒人員，現在都已經在現場待命，當然也不排除蘇花公路，今天可能會執行預警性封路的部分”
再看到宜蘭龜山島周邊海域，也受到影響，碼頭湧浪，且潮水起浮落差過大，基於安全考量，封島1天，東部地區全員提高警戒，要嚴防災害發生。
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