Chiayi residents mourn typhoon ‘tree graveyard’ along roadside
Chiayi residents mourn typhoon ‘tree graveyard’ along roadside
2025-07-24
Chiayi City, known for its abundance of trees, was hit hard by Typhoon Danas. The city government collected all the fallen flora and piled it alongside Xinsheng Road, creating another kind of spectacle.Residents shocked by its scale have likened it to a “tree graveyard.” Some have even brought cameras to record the scene. The city said the wood will be burned for fuel to ensure they get maximum use.
Massive piles of toppled trees are stacked about a story high beside Xinsheng Road here in Chiayi. All this destruction was caused by Typhoon Danas.
Mr. Huang
Chiayi resident
They are at the very least a few decades old. For decades-old trees to be torn down by one typhoon is horrible. It’s really like a graveyard. A tree graveyard. So I especially came here today to make a record of it.
Residents were shocked by the scale of the “tree graveyard,” even bringing cameras to record it.
Mr. Huang
Chiayi resident
There’re so many. Not only here. Also in front and over there. It’s so huge. This is really shocking. For an entire park to be ruthlessly wiped out by one typhoon.
Chiayi is known as Taiwan’s tree capital, since it serves as the entryway to Alishan and was famous for its lumber industry. But thousands were blown down in just this one typhoon. With the scale this large, even two weeks after the storm, they still haven’t been cleared. More are being added to the pile all the time.
Cleanup manager
We haven’t stopped adding to this one yet, nor that one over there. Right now we’re just aiming to clear everything.
Some of the trunks are very large, and have clearly been growing for decades. The city said they’ll be utilized until the very end.
Kao Ling-han
Chiayi Environmental Protection Bureau
We’ll send them off to be chipped and sorted so they can be turned into fuel as a replacement for coal, facilitating recycling.
After all this destruction, the fallen trees seem to be murmuring a warning to remember this lesson and never ignore the power of nature.
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特殊景觀! 嘉義路樹傾倒"集中堆放" 民眾:如樹木墳場
2025-07-24
嘉義市有「木都」之稱，但丹娜絲颱風重創市區路樹，市府將倒掉的樹木集中堆在新生路一塊空地上，形成獨特的市區景觀，民眾直言宛如「樹木墳場」，十分震撼，還有人特地拿相機來記錄。市府環保局表示，這些樹木將會做成燃料，發揮它最大的用途。
嘉義市新生路旁，巨量的樹木堆在整片空地上，約有一層樓高，這些全都是被丹娜絲颱風掃倒的路樹。
[[嘉義市民 黃先生]]
“這個最少要幾十年以上吧，幾十年就被一個颱風這樣破壞掉，真的很可怕，真的是像墳場，樹木的墳場，所以今天專程來給它做一個紀錄”
民眾直言宛如「樹木墳場」，實在太震撼，因此還特地拿單眼相機來記錄。
[[嘉義市民 黃先生]]
“喔，好多呢，不是只有這裡，還有前面，然後那邊也有，太大了，這個畫面讓我很震撼，好好的一個家園，公園，就無情的颱風天災就這樣子掃光光”
嘉義市有木都之稱，昔日因為做為阿里山門戶入口，是著名的木產業城市，沒想到這次不敵風災，上萬棵路樹被吹倒，由於數量龐大，颱風過去兩周了，都還沒清理完，持續不斷的累積，愈堆愈多。
[[管理人員]]
“這塊放不完，對面那邊又再放一塊，現在就是說重點先把它給清掉”
這些樹木有的樹幹很粗，不乏生長好幾十年的大樹，環保局表示，將會善用它最後的價值。
[[嘉義市環保局設施科長 高靈韓]]
“後續廠商將透過破碎分選等程序，將其廢木材製成燃料，以取代煤炭，以利資源循環再利用”
風災無情，樹木墳場彷彿也在無聲呢喃，要人們記取教訓，別輕忽大自然的力量。
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