Heaviest rainfall expected this Friday, to persist until following week
Heavy rainfall continued on Tuesday with floods reported in many areas in Northern Taiwan, including in Taoyuan and Keelung. Fallen branches were posing a hazard to road users, though fortunately no casualties were reported. Although the rain may seem quite heavy already, the Central Weather Administration said it will be even heavier beginning on Friday.
A large branch has collapsed onto transmission cables. A maintenance team shortly arrives on scene to saw it off by hand, to remove the road safety hazard. The borough warden warns passers-by to stay away.
There seems to be no end to the heavy showers. In the morning, here on Zhonghe Road in Keelung, the branch had fallen all of a sudden. Fortunately, it did not land directly onto the street. But it’s still suspended over a bus stop, so a city councilor stepped in.
Shih Wei-jeng
Keelung City Councilor (DPP)
The branch did not fall all the way onto the ground, but it’s putting a lot of strain on the four high-voltage cables. It’s also right above a bus stop, so we treated the removal as an emergency.
Meanwhile, the heavy downpours have flooded the intersection of Lunhou Road and Heping West Road in Taoyuan’s Dayuan District.
With the water reaching the calves, it’s as if the streets have turned into streams. It’s difficult for cars to move through the flood. A city councilor is pictured shoveling mud for better drainage. He’s also reported the flooding to the district office, and it’s cleared in about an hour.
On the other side of town, shrubs above the side slope are collapsing onto the street below. Large amounts of mud and rocks are strewn all over the road surface on Section 3, Dakeng Road in Guishan District, near Weitian Temple. Fortunately, it did not hit any vehicle or passer-by. Plum rains brought in by the stationary front and strong southwesterly winds have left many places flooded in Northern Taiwan. Even though the weather front will soon move away, the south will still get heavy rainfall.
Wu Wan-hua
Central Weather Administration
Tomorrow, even though the weather front will move southward slightly, there will still be heavy rain or localized downpours in Central and Southern Taiwan, and mountainous areas of Hualien and Taitung. Another rainy spell will return in the north on Friday as the weather front moves southward above the Bashi Channel on Thursday. With the influence of the southwesterly winds again, this rainy spell will begin on Friday and persist until next Monday or Tuesday.
Even though the rain may seem quite heavy already, the heaviest is still yet to come near the end of the week and persist over the weekend.
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2026-06-09
