Southern Taiwan Hit with Flooding 台中以南.北海岸豪雨特報 防強降雨致災

The Central Weather Bureau has issued "Extremely Heavy Rain Advisories" for areas south of Taichung and the Keelung north coast . Weather will be unstable for the next two days and everyone should be on high alert against floods.

Following a night of torrential rain, parts of Pingtung's Chunri Township flooded. Rain also poured down in other parts of central and southern Taiwan. In just 24 hours, Kaohsiung's Maolin received 150 millimeters of rain while Tainan's Guantian received 137.5 millimeters. Kaohsiung's Liugui and Jilai both reported over 100 millimeters. The Central Weather Bureau says weather will be unstable islandwide for several days, with heavy rain expected in central and southern Taiwan.

Precipitation levels may reach 100 millimeters per hour during this period. Tainan's Guantian, for example, got 106.5 millimeters this morning. We remind everyone to watch out for short periods of torrential rain [on June 22 and 23].

The bureau says central and southern Taiwan will bear the brunt of the front with low-lying areas having already accumulated a great deal of water. Mountainous areas should be on high alert for land and rockslides. Rain will be heaviest on June 23 and 24 before abating on June 25.

We're seeing a lot of flooding in the south. The strength of the rain probably won't abate until June 24.

Meanwhile, the tropical disturbance near Guam has been upgraded to a tropical storm. Experts say there is a chance the storm may turn into this year's fifth typhoon, but it is unlikely to affect Taiwan.

屏東春日鄉一夜大雨不斷，排洪水溝已經開始溢流，受西南風吹拂和北方滯留鋒面雙重影響，中南部地區降雨持續，24小時以來，高雄市茂林累積降雨量上看150毫米，台南市官田，累積雨量也有137.5毫米，高雄市六龜和集來，累積降雨量也都破百。氣象局提醒，鋒面滯留期間，全台天氣都會不穩定，中南部尤其要嚴防劇烈降雨。

中央氣象局課長 林秉煜表示：「在這個時間之內，它的時雨量可能來到100毫米。以今天清晨，台南的官田就來到106.5毫米的時雨量，所以還是要提醒，今、明兩天，受到這滯留鋒面的影響的時候，像這種短延時強降雨，還是要特別注意的。」

氣象專家分析，這一波降雨熱區，還是集中在中部以南，因連日持續降雨，低窪低區要嚴防積水，山區也要留意落石坍方，週二、週三降雨最劇烈，週四之後可望逐漸趨緩。

台灣永續工程環境顧問公司總監 賈新興表示：「這樣一個雨勢，我們也看到，也為南部很多地方，帶來一些淹水的狀況。影響的時間，到了24號的時候，整個鋒面的影響還是在，不過，它的強度有慢慢地減弱。」

另外，在關島附近的熱帶擾動，上午已經發展成為熱帶性低氣壓，氣象專家預估，有機會成為今年第五號颱風，不過，目前判斷不會影響台灣，將順著太平洋高壓環流持續往北移動。