YILAN SUFFERS DAMAGE TO HOTELS AND BUSINESSES|宜蘭蘇澳17級強陣風 山區今續防豪大雨

Nothing was left standing as typhoon Megi hit Yilan. The maximum wind gust at force 15 in the city blew away business signs and cars. The Suao Township even had a maximum wind gust at force 17.Yilan residents should be aware of heavy rain in the mountain areas today. Winds roared and rain poured down from the dusky sky. On September 27, Yilan experienced strong gusts of wind around 2 pm, when Typhoon Megi was about to make landfall in Hualien. A hotel sign was blown down. Hotel staff, along with a German hotel guest, who is on a business trip, used all their might to close the hotel's door to prevent further damage. ==FRITZ, hotel guest== Yeah, when the door was moving inside, you have to hold it very strong. It was a little bit surprising because you don't know, maybe it moves more and more, and you cannot hold it. You have to escape. ==STAFF MEMBER HOTEL== I have not seen such a strong typhoon for years. (You saw the hotel sign fall, right?) Yes. (So your reaction was……?) I was pretty surprised. Yilan's Suao Township had a maximum wind gusts of force 17. Other areas of Yilan also experienced wind gusts at force 15. Traffic lights were damaged, and cars parked were blown along due to the strong wind. Trucks were blown over, ending up lying in the middle of the road. Several disasters caused by the strong wind were reported. It is fortunate that the flooding was not serious, since the rain was less heavy. However, farms in low-lying areas were immersed in water, looking as if they were paddy fields. There will still be heavy rain in the mountain areas of Yilan all day long on September 28. Typhoon Megi continues to impact Taiwan. TRANSLATED BY：ARIEL HSIEH 狂風呼嘯、陣雨斜飛，下午接近兩點，梅姬颱風準備從花蓮登陸台灣前夕，宜蘭的陣風很強，停在騎樓的機車東倒西歪，突然間、飯店招牌被吹斷。瞬間強風吹斷招牌，嚇得飯店人員用手合力擋門，來台灣商務旅行的德國人，原本只想看看風雨多大，也加入行列。 ==德國商務人士 Fritz== 當門被吹到一直往裡面移動 你必須要用力的穩住門 是有一點驚嚇 你不知道 可能門一點點的移動 無法穩住要逃跑 ==飯店工作人員== 我是好多年沒有看到 這麼大的颱風了 (所以你剛是目睹招牌掉下來) 對 (當下反應是) 就還蠻驚訝的啊 風有多強，行駛在高速公路上頻頻漂移感，蘇澳出現17級風，是梅姬侵台期間的最大陣風，宜蘭也有15級，紅綠燈被吹斷，停在較空曠地區的汽車，被吹到移位，小貨車吹翻、倒在馬路中間。 強勁風勢造成市區零星災情，所幸雨不大，沒有嚴重淹水，不過地勢較低的農田全變水田，而山區全天豪大雨，28號仍將繼續，梅姬對宜蘭的影響，沒那麼快結束。 記者 林曉慧 沈志明 SNG宜蘭報導