Kaohsiung-Pingtung Heavy/Torrential Rain Advisory Continues; 13 Debris-Flow Yellow Alerts in Liugui; Shiwen Closed September 2
Original Chinese title: 高雄、屏東豪雨特報持續：六龜13條土石流黃色警戒；士文村9/2停班停課
At 20:07 on September 1, the Central Weather Administration's 16:00 advisory called for localized heavy or torrential rain in Kaohsiung and Pingtung, and localized heavy rain from Yunlin through Tainan, in Taitung, Orchid Island and other listed areas. The Agency of Rural Development and Soil and Water Conservation's 18:30 report placed 13 debris-flow-prone streams in Liugui District under yellow alert, across Wenwu, Dajin and Zhongxing villages; red debris-flow alerts and all large-scale-landslide alerts remained at zero. Shiwen Village in Chunri Township was additionally listed for work and class suspension on September 2. These are watch/yellow conditions, not red.
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20:07 Update: Kaohsiung-Pingtung Heavy/Torrential Rain Advisory Continues; 13 Liugui Debris-Flow Yellow Alerts; Shiwen Closed September 2
Information time: September 1, 2026, 20:07.
Official sources: Central Weather Administration 16:00 heavy/torrential-rain advisory; Agency of Rural Development and Soil and Water Conservation 18:30 September 1 heavy-rain report No. 2; Directorate-General of Personnel Administration 18:25:16 work/class update; Highway Bureau 16:23 Wutai reopening notice; Water Resources Agency flood-information service; and relevant local-authority notices.
Weather and slope alerts: The Central Weather Administration's 16:00 advisory stated that Kaohsiung and Pingtung could see localized heavy or torrential rain, while areas from Yunlin through Tainan, Taitung, Orchid Island, Green Island and other listed areas could see localized heavy rain. Related Indigenous areas are `weather / watch`, not `red`. At 18:30, the Agency of Rural Development and Soil and Water Conservation issued 13 debris-flow yellow alerts in Liugui District, Kaohsiung, covering Wenwu, Dajin and Zhongxing villages. Debris-flow red alerts remained at zero, and large-scale-landslide red and yellow alerts both remained at zero. Liugui's yellow alert is an important regional warning adjacent to southern Indigenous areas, but it must not be relabeled as a red alert for Maolin, Taoyuan or Namasia. The agency states that local governments should issue evacuation-preparedness advice for yellow-alert areas.
Work/class change: The Directorate-General of Personnel Administration's 18:25:16 update explicitly lists Shiwen Village in Chunri Township as suspending work and classes on both September 1 and September 2. Changle Village in Manzhou Township is currently listed only for September 1. Shiwen therefore remains `work-school / watch` and extends into September 2; the status must not be expanded to all of Chunri Township or other Pingtung Indigenous areas.
Road correction: The Highway Bureau formally announced at 16:23 that the Highway 24 43K+700 slope collapse in Wutai Township had been cleared by 16:00 and the road returned to normal traffic. The earlier `transport / watch` for that specific blockage is therefore cleared, although Wutai remains `weather / watch` under the Pingtung rain advisory. Separate controls on the temporary Provincial Highway 20 Route 105 Meishankou-Xiangyang section between Kaohsiung Taoyuan and Taitung Haiduan continue under the Highway Bureau's latest notices.
Nationwide regional scan — North: Wulai, Fuxing, Jianshi, Wufeng, Nanzhuang, Tai'an and other monitored northern Indigenous areas remain `monitoring`, with no new threshold-level official change identified.
Nationwide regional scan — Central: The CWA advisory's Yunlin-through-Tainan heavy-rain corridor includes the Chiayi area, so Alishan is `weather / watch`. Heping retains its existing transport observation status. Ren'ai and Xinyi remain `monitoring`.
Nationwide regional scan — South: The Tainan mountain area, Kaohsiung Taoyuan, Namasia and Maolin, and monitored Pingtung Indigenous areas including Sandimen, Wutai, Majia, Taiwu, Laiyi, Chunri, Shizi and Mudan are `weather / watch`. Wenwu, Dajin and Zhongxing villages in Liugui are under official debris-flow yellow alert. Shiwen Village also has `work-school / watch`.
Nationwide regional scan — East: Monitored Taitung Indigenous areas including Beinan, Yanping, Haiduan, Daren, Jinfeng, Taimali, Dawu and Lanyu are `weather / watch`. Haiduan also retains its existing `transport / watch`; Beinan, Haiduan and Dawu continue under forest-recreation `public-service / watch` conditions. No new threshold-level official change was identified for Yilan or Hualien in this scan, so those areas remain `monitoring`.
Flood and other conditions: The Water Resources Agency inundation-alert page showed Taiwan below inundation-alert thresholds in this scan. No new level-one inundation alert, debris-flow red alert, large-scale-landslide alert, formal evacuation, shelter activation, major agricultural-loss warning, or major water/power/public-service interruption affecting monitored Indigenous areas was identified.
Alert level: The site's overall level remains `watch`. Liugui is `yellow`; relevant Kaohsiung, Pingtung, Chiayi-Alishan, Tainan-mountain and Taitung Indigenous areas are `weather / watch`; Shiwen Village is `work-school / watch`; the specific Highway 24 blockage in Wutai has been cleared. There is no red alert in this scan.
Recommended action: Avoid streambeds, steep slopes, and rockfall-prone mountain roads in Kaohsiung, Pingtung and Taitung during short-duration intense rain. Wenwu, Dajin and Zhongxing villages in Liugui should follow local-government and soil-and-water-conservation yellow-alert evacuation-preparedness advice. Shiwen Village should follow the September 2 work/class suspension notice. Other areas should follow real-time notices from the competent authorities.
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This English translation is based on the Traditional Chinese emergency brief and official updates from the Central Weather Administration, Directorate-General of Personnel Administration, Highway Bureau, Agency of Rural Development and Soil and Water Conservation, Water Resources Agency, Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency, and relevant local authorities. It does not replace official notices.