HEAVY RAIN CAUSES MOUNTAINOUS ROADS COLLAPSING|北部.花東連日豪雨 山區部落道路坍方

Consecutive days of rain in Northern and Eastern Taiwan caused roads to sink. The Central Weather Bureau said Northeastern Taiwan will continue to see heavy rains. On Provincial Highway 11 at the 26.8 kilometer mark in Hualien, the road sank due to heavy rains. The sunken road even caused a car to fall over on October 8. Luckily, no one was injured. Now, cars can only pass on the shoulder. Local residents worried that the road may keep sinking. ==LOCAL RESIDENT== The area suffers saltwater intrusion. Around 300 pings of meadow was destroyed by ocean waves. On the Southern Cross-Island Highway from the 176 to 185 kilometer mark, the road sank as well. The road reopened on October 12 after the Directorate General of Highways made emergency repairs The north-east wind, which brought heavy rains to Taiwan over the past few days, is increasing. The Central Weather Bureau issued a warning of extremely heavy rain to Taipei City, New Taipei City, Keelung and Yilan. The accumulated precipitation in Gongliao, New Taipei City reached 1,000 millimeters within two days. Rains will continue until Thursday. After Friday, the weather will gradually clear up. ==CHIA HSIN-HSING, Director of Weather Risk== During autumn and winter in Northeastern Taiwan, the strong north-east wind, meteorological factors and geological features would often interact with each other and cause heavy rains that we see in Gongliao, New Taipei City over the past two or three days. There is a tropical depression around the Philippine Sea. It will soon develop into the 21st typhoon, Typhoon Sarika, this year. Although the typhoon will not have a serious impact on Taiwan, starting from Sunday, its peripheral circulation current will bring rain to Southeastern Taiwan. TRANSLATED BY：ARIEL HSIEH 大片的路基幾乎完全下陷，現場趕緊架起圍籬。花蓮台11線26.8公里處，水璉牛山段，因為大雨路基下陷，8號還發生車輛經過不慎摔落，所幸無人受傷，目前只剩路肩可供車輛通行，附近居民擔心崩塌情況會擴大。 ==花蓮牛山呼庭居民== 那個地方海水倒灌 大概有一個區域 將近300坪的草地 全部被浪颳走 大雨還造成南橫利稻至霧鹿176公里到185公里處，坍方中斷八天，公路局12號下午4點搶通。另外，花東縱谷稻米也因豪雨農損近兩成，變黑的稻穗都成了空包彈。 受到東北風增強影響，氣象局發佈北北基宜四縣市「豪雨特報」，新北市貢寮近兩日累積雨量已達1000毫米，瑞芳雙溪平溪萬里，以及宜蘭頭城，基隆七堵山區，也都超過300毫米以上，雨勢影響到周四，周五過後天氣逐漸穩定。 ==天氣風險公司總監 賈新興== 秋冬季節在北部 東北部 它會因為一些偏強的東北季風 加上一些特殊的氣象因子 還有跟地形的交互作用 會產生像最近這兩三天 特別是像在新北的貢寮附近 比較明顯的一個降雨 另外，目前位在菲律賓呂宋島東方的熱帶低壓，最快會在今天發展成第21號颱風「莎莉佳」，雖然對台灣影響不大，但外圍環流周日開始會為恆春半島及東南部帶來降雨。 記者 綜合報導