DAMAGE AROUND TAIWAN AFTER BACK-TO-BACK TYPHOONS|阿里山森鐵土石流停駛 金門海岸遭油汙

Under the impact of two back to back typhoons, Chiayi's mountains saw continuous rainfall. There was a landslide at Alishan's mountain railway's 22.3 kilometer mark, so that trains from Chiayi to Fengqi Lake were suspended. The Taiwan Railways Administration is currently repairing the track. At Kinmen's Gugang coast, due to the previous typhoon, Meranti, a China-registered cargo ship ran aground and is leaking oil into the sea, polluting the whole area. At 22.3 kilometers of the Alishan Forest Railway, a mudslide triggered by torrential rains buried sections of the track. Trains between the Chiayi and Fenqihu stations had to be halted as the crew worked to restore the area. The weather on Kinmen Island has cleared up, but the aftermath of Typhoon Meranti is still very visible. A Chinese freighter was swept away and stranded on the shore of Gugang beach. The oil leakage has spread all over the beach. Patches of black can be seen everywhere. ==KINMEN RESIDENT== (Do you think the beach is destroyed?) Of course. The government has not done enough to protect it. ==CHUANG HSI-CHIN, Ecological Expert== Oil leakage causes serious pollution to the ocean. I observed the beach today. Most marine animals covered by oil are already dead. The pollution will have a grave impact on the marine ecosystem. The oil spill has spread throughout the beach. The surface of the ocean and reefs are also covered in black. Coast guard officers used absorbents and containment booms to clean up and contain the pollution. The Kinmen Environmental Protection Bureau said they will claim compensation from the freight company. However, it may take a long time for the ocean to recover from the serious pollution. TRANSLATED BY：CHRISTINA LIU 接連兩個颱風來襲，導致嘉義山區，連日來降雨不斷，阿里山森林鐵路，在22.3公里處，發生土石流，使得嘉義到奮起湖的列車停駛，台鐵也進行搶修。而在金門古崗海岸地區，則是因為上一個颱風「莫蘭蒂」影響，有一艘陸籍貨輪擱淺岸邊、漏油也汙染整片海域。 怪手持續開挖，阿里山森林鐵路22.3公里處，受到接連兩個颱風影響，導致大雨、造成土石流，還把鐵軌都蓋過去了。使得嘉義到奮起湖的列車，臨時改為停駛、要冒雨進行搶修。 而位在外島的金門地區，雖然天氣已經好轉，但颱風所帶來的傷害，依然不容小覷。一艘陸籍貨輪，在莫蘭蒂颱風肆虐期間，被吹到金門、擱淺在古崗海岸，船上漏油汙染了整片海域，使得沙灘上，到處都能看見東一塊、西一塊的黑色油汙。 ==民眾== （會不會覺得沙灘毀了) 沙灘 毀是一定毀的 但是政府也沒有保護好啊 ==生物學者 莊西進== 這個油汙問題 對海域的汙染是很嚴重的 今天去看了 因為油汙沾滿了 大部分(海洋生物)都已經死掉了 那所以 後續 不僅是對海洋生物 對整個海域 都會有很大的影響 油汙不只滿布沙灘，在海面上也能清楚看見厚厚的一片黑、岸邊礁石也難以倖免。金門岸巡總隊等相關單位，出動吸油棉紙和攔油索，要清理現場也同時預防汙染擴散。 環保局表示，後續將向船公司求償，但油汙使得這片海域受到嚴重的傷害，要何時才能恢復，恐怕是個極大考驗。 記者 綜合報導