Row of vehicles plunges as heavy rain causes ground to cave in
Row of vehicles plunges as heavy rain causes ground to cave in
2026-06-19
Four scooters and a car plunged down a slope when the ground underneath collapsed, a result of torrential rain in Greater Taipei on Thursday afternoon. Fortunately, no one was injured. However, it’s not the first time a cave-in occurred at this location. Residents of the apartment complex on the block are afraid that it will happen again as typhoon season looms.
Trees along the slope suddenly fall. After about 40 seconds, four scooters plunge as the ground underneath collapses.
Residents on the block hear the loud thud and come out to check on the situation. It was then when another grey sedan slides down as another chunk of ground disappears. They were standing very close to it.
Another white car also teetered, but fortunately was towed away just in time.
Mr. Chen
Car tumbled downhill
I wasn’t allowed to get close after it started raining. I called towing services, but they couldn’t help me either, because traffic had already been restricted. After about an hour, my car tumbled. I could only watch it happen. So I went back upstairs. Can’t change the fact that it had happened. It’s alright as long as I’m safe.
From an aerial view, the hill is left bare in the aftermath. The cave-in measures roughly 15 meters long, 20 meters wide, and 30 meters deep. It seems like the incident didn’t come as a complete surprise.
Resident
Hillside apartment complex
When I returned from taking my dog out for a walk at 4, I noticed that a gap had formed between the road and the unpaved ground. I thought it was weird, but I had not imagined that it would collapse.
The location is Xinpo First Street in New Taipei’s Xindian District, at the doorsteps of a hillside apartment complex. Residents fear that more ground will collapse should it continue to rain.
Chang Po-wei
Soil and water conservation engineers association
If no emergency measures are taken, the collapse will extend upwards. The city government and the local district office are already carrying out emergency mitigation, which involves installing a row of steel rail piles to prevent the collapse from creeping upwards.
Local residents and experts fear that the collapse will reoccur should it continue to rain. The city government is reinforcing the slope.
Jhu Ti-jhih
New Taipei Deputy Mayor
We’ll install steel rail piles along the road and downward slope for support, and cover it with canvas for protection, and at the same time, implement disaster mitigation measures.
Regarding the cause of the accident, civil engineers initially determined that the developer used relatively loose backfill soil on the slope when building the apartment complex. Recent heavy rainfall increased the soil moisture content on the slope. Rainwater washed away the soil, causing part of the roadside ditch to be hollowed out, which in turn led to the collapse.
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驚險瞬間！雨彈沖刷新店山坡崩塌滑落5汽機車墜
2026-06-19
昨天（週四）傍晚，雙北雨彈，新北市新店區傳出嚴重災情！新坡一街的一處社區前，山坡發生坍塌意外！造成一輛轎車、四輛機車，通通掉到山坡下！好險沒有造成傷亡！統計短短四小時內，這處山坡地，就四度發生坍塌！驚悚崩塌瞬間，全被社區監視器拍了下來。
山坡上大片樹林，瞬間滑落邊坡，接著過了大約40秒，停放在路旁的4台機車，隨著底下的路面，瞬間崩落消失。
社區住戶聽聞巨響，紛紛跑出來查看狀況，就在社區住戶，在四輛轎車附近查看狀況時，砰的一聲再度發生崩塌，灰色轎車掉落山坡。
一旁岌岌可危的白車搖搖欲墜，好險被及時拉起。
[[墜落車輛車主 陳先生]]
“就是下雨之後，他已經不讓我靠近了，我叫拖吊車也上不來，因為下面管制了，過了大概一個小時吧，它(我的車)就掉下去了，我就眼睜睜看著它掉下去，那我就上樓啦，反正改變不了事實，人沒事就好”
透過空拍鏡頭來看，山坡變得光禿禿一片，崩塌面積，長寬高各約15、20、30公尺，而整起意外，似乎早有徵兆。
[[社區住戶]]
“我4點的時候，我帶小狗出來的時候，我牽狗進來的時候，就發現路跟土的地方是有一道縫的，我心裡就覺得怪怪的，但是我沒有想到它會掉下來”
意外就發生在，新北市新店區新坡一街，山坡地一旁緊鄰社區大門口，若持續降下大雨，恐怕還會繼續掏空，讓附近住戶膽戰心驚。
[[新北市水保技師公會常務理事 張博瑋]]
“如果不做緊急處理，他的崩塌面會向上延伸，現在的市政府跟公所這邊，已經有做緊急搶災，就是會打一排鋼軌樁，就是打鋼軌樁來抑制整個崩塌滑動向上延伸”
就怕未來幾天，降下大雨，再度發生崩塌，市府要跟時間賽跑，加強邊坡保護。
[[新北市副市長 朱惕之]]
“會在道路上及下邊坡的部分，做鋼軌的支撐，並且加上帆布的保護，把這個下方的邊坡保護住，共同得先把這個災害的部分，先讓它止災”
針對事故發生原因，土木技師初步研判疑似是當初建商為了蓋房時，在邊坡上使用土質較鬆軟的回填土，加上近期強降雨，造成邊坡土壤含水量增加，雨水沖刷帶走土壤，導致道路側邊水溝下方部分掏空，進而導致坍塌事故。
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