Flooding in Yilan amid heavy downpours
Flooding in Yilan amid heavy downpours
2025-10-21
Yilan was left flooded on Tuesday morning after heavy downpours for at least a day, due to the combined effect of Tropical Storm Fengshen and seasonal monsoon winds. Agricultural fields and local homes were both affected. Meanwhile, Turtle Island, just off its coast, was also closed off as waves threatened to swallow up the pier.
Swell waves form on the ocean surface, reaching several meters high when they break against the shore. The wharf is submerged. This is Turtle Island off the coast of Yilan, which has been closed for three days amid strengthening storms. Meanwhile, ships at Yilan’s Wushi Harbor have been secured with ropes.
After a night of heavy downpours, the water levels at Yilan’s rivers have risen to ground level. Natural barriers are now below the water’s surface. The farms and roads of Zhuangwei Township are also flooded, and so are those in Wuyuan Village, Dongshan Township. The village chief worries about incalculable losses should the rain persist.
Lin Fu-chi
Wuyuan Village head
We’re very worried about heavy downpours, because it will be hard to calculate the losses. Because the rain is so heavy in the mountains and we’re at the very receiving end, every time it rains heavily we get flooding.
Meanwhile, a resident in Su’ao had to stay up late at night to sweep water out of her house. But even doing so every half an hour wasn’t cutting it, making her worried sick.
Ms. Pan
Su’ao resident
I had to sweep water every half hour. It was muddier in the beginning, but gradually clearer. All in all, I swept water five or six times, so I only went to bed at 3.
Due to the combined strength of Tropical Storm Fengshen and seasonal monsoon, mountainous areas in Yilan have accumulated lots of rainfall. Provincial Highway 7 was also closed off to prevent accidents from rockslides.
Heavy machinery is on standby, while the segment between the 60km and 86km marks in the direction of Lala Mountain and Mingchi is temporarily closed off.
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停班課! 宜蘭豪雨狂炸 蘇澳民宅淹水.龜山島掀滔天巨浪
2025-10-21
受到共伴效應影響，宜蘭昨天開始大雨不斷，今天一早不少稻田全被大水淹沒，道路也變成河道。還有蘇澳居民家中，半夜廚房浸水，不停掃水超無奈。至於，封島三天的龜山島，也掀起滔天巨浪，甚至還把登島碼頭給吞噬了。
海面颳起強風，長浪一波波拍打上岸，浪花濺起好幾公尺高。連登島碼頭都被淹沒，龜山島外海風浪增強，封島3天。宜蘭烏石港的船隻，也全進港避難，加固纜繩。
經過一整夜的大雨，宜蘭河水位暴漲，淹到草皮一樣高，親水護岸全泡在水裡。壯圍美福一帶農田、道路也被大水淹沒。還有冬山鄉武淵村農路積水，村長也很擔心，雨這麼下下去，會釀災。
[[冬山鄉武淵村長 林福基]]
“現在會怕強降雨，強降雨就很難估計，因為山上雨大，我們這裡是最尾端，所以每次大雨我們大家都要積水。”
蘇澳有居民半夜起來掃水，每隔一小時就要掃一次，但怎麼也掃不完。讓她無奈又心急。
[[受災戶 潘女士]]
“計算它每半個鐘頭就要去掃，剛開始是比較髒一點，後來就是都(清清的水)，因為這我已經掃了第五六次，所以我才說等到三點才睡。”
受東北季風及颱風外圍環流的共伴效應，宜蘭山區雨量也很驚人，就擔心有落石，台七線預警封閉。
重型機具停靠待命，台7線60至86公里路段，往拉拉山、明池方向，暫停通行。
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