SECTION OF SOUTHERN CROSS-ISLAND HIGHWAY WASHED AWAY |荖濃溪水暴漲 南橫路基掏空.緊急封閉

Heavy rain lashed Kaohsiung's mountainous area on the evening of June 2. 1,000 mm of rain fell in the mountains in Tauyuan over the last two days, the highest in Taiwan. Also, due to the overflowing water in Lao Nong River, a section of the Southern Cross-Island Highway was washed away, and 300 residents were trapped. Waters from Lao Nong River terminated the road section between Chin-ho Borough and Tauyuan Junior High School on Provincial Highway 20, the Southern Cross-island Highway. The foundation was washed away, authority blocked the broken road with warning line. ==RESIDENT== I was going to go there and take a look, but now not a way. As of 5pm on June 3, Tauyuan mountain area had cumulative precipitation of 430 millimeters, a total of over 960 millimeters for the past two days, the highest accumulation in Taiwan. Torrential rain terminated Southern Cross-island Highway and affected more than 300 local residents. ==LAI WEN-HSIUNG Secretary, Tauyuan District Office, Kaohsiung City== As the maintenance construction going to begin by June 5, we also called Taipower Company to restore electricity. Our current reserves of food and electricity generators with gas are sufficient for two weeks. Potential debris flow areas in Liouguei, Tauyuan and Namasia were under red alert; the total number of residents evacuated including Maolin and Jiasian exceeded three thousand people. ==SUNG KUEI-LUNG District Executive, Liouguei District, Kaohsiung City== We relied on the information provided by the Central Weather Bureau and evacuated. We worried that the precipitation would reach over 300 mm after midnight, therefore we made an emergent settlement. Before the red alert warning is cleared, we do not recommend residents going home by themselves. From Namasia Nangnisalu to Wulipu section of Provincial Highway 29 has been closed for safety. Baolai First Bridge was open under authority supervision. TRANSLATED BY: ANTHONY LIN 高雄山區也從昨天晚間開始，降下大雨，其中桃源山區在這兩天，已經累計降下、1千毫米的雨量、是全台最多。同時，也因為雨勢過大，荖濃溪溪水暴漲，使得台20線、南橫公路的部分路段，路基被掏空，影響復興、拉芙蘭，和梅山里，大約300位民眾，無法進出。 荖濃溪水位暴漲，成了滾滾泥流，不斷沖刷台20線南橫公路，造成92K處勤和里往桃源國中路段，路基被掏空，公路單位緊急拉起封鎖線，禁止通行。 ==民眾== 我剛才要過去那邊看 沒辦法過了 截至下午5點為止，高雄桃源山區單日降下430毫米雨量，兩天累積雨量超過960毫米，高居全台最多，大量降雨阻斷南橫公路，影響復興、拉芙蘭和梅山里共300多位居民，無法進出，部份地區電力中斷。 ==桃源區公所秘書 賴文雄== 工務段在6月5號 即將搶修(路段)的同時情況下 我們也責請台電 一併把電復原 那目前除了我們的物資 我們的發電機 油料 都可以備妥在兩個禮拜以內 六龜、桃源和那瑪夏區多處土石流潛勢區，列入紅色警戒，2號晚間預防性撤離，六龜區撤離906人、桃源區812人、那瑪夏區1289人，茂林和甲仙區也有部分民眾撤離，撤離人數超過3千人。 ==六龜區長 宋貴龍== 昨天晚上在撤離的時候 是根據氣象局的資料 深怕在入夜之後 會達到3百以上的豪大雨 我們就做了緊急安置 在紅色警戒還沒有解除之前 我們是不建議民眾自行返家 另外，台29線那瑪夏區南沙魯到五里埔路段，受到阿里山區降雨不斷，管制封閉，而原本封閉的寶來一橋，則由公路單位派人警戒，暫時開放民眾通行。 記者 李淑蘭 孟昭權 高雄報導