Taitung Heavy-Rain Watch; Wanli Creek River-Channel Red Alert Continues
Original Chinese title: 臺東大雨 watch；萬里溪河道 red 續行
As of 03:45 on September 6, the Central Weather Administration's 22:00 September 5 heavy-rain advisory remains in effect for Taitung. Mainland Indigenous areas in Taitung and other directly affected Indigenous townships are treated as weather / watch, not red; Lanyu remains monitoring unless included in the CWA's detailed warning footprint. The existing Wanli Creek barrier-lake red alert continues only within the river-channel control zone and does not make all of Wanrong Township red. No new level-one inundation alert, debris-flow or large-scale-landslide escalation, Indigenous-area road interruption, evacuation, work/class suspension, transport stoppage, major agricultural-loss alert, or water/power public-service interruption was identified in this scan.
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03:45 Update: Taitung Heavy-Rain Advisory Moves Indigenous Areas to weather / watch
Information time: September 6, 2026, 03:45.
Official sources: Central Weather Administration heavy-rain advisory; Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency Hualien Branch; Agency of Rural Development and Soil and Water Conservation; Directorate-General of Personnel Administration; with cross-checking of official water, transport and local disaster-response information.
Affected Indigenous areas and alert levels: At 22:00 on September 5, the Central Weather Administration issued a heavy-rain advisory stating that, under the influence of outer typhoon cloud bands, localized heavy rain is possible in the Taitung area from the evening of September 5 into September 6. The advisory also warns of lightning, strong gusts, ponding in low-lying areas, and landslide and rockfall risks in mountain terrain. Under this Indigenous emergency-screening rule, mainland Taitung areas including Beinan, Yanping, Haiduan, Daren, Jinfeng, Taimali and Dawu, together with other directly affected Indigenous townships in Taitung County, are placed under `weather / watch`. This is a heavy-rain watch, not red and not a debris-flow or large-scale-landslide red/yellow alert. Lanyu remains `monitoring` unless it is included in the CWA's detailed within-county warning footprint; the warning must not be expanded beyond the official scope.
The latest official monitoring of the Wanli Creek barrier lake at 08:10 on September 5 reports a water elevation of 1,087.76 meters and storage of about 5.4494 million cubic meters. The dam remains intact and the lake continues to overflow stably, while forecast rainfall for both the next 12 and 24 hours is below the threshold for a new alert. However, this scan found no formal cancellation of the August 24 order that explicitly kept the river channel under red alert and closed to entry. Accordingly, `barrier-lake / red` remains limited to the Wanli Creek river-channel control zone and must not be expanded to all of Wanrong Township.
Nationwide regional assessment: In the north, no new threshold-level official change was identified for Wulai, Fuxing, Jianshi, Wufeng, Nanzhuang or Tai'an. In central Taiwan, no new threshold-level change was identified for Heping, Ren'ai, Xinyi or Alishan, which remain under monitoring. In the south, no new red alert, level-one inundation alert, Indigenous-area road interruption, evacuation, work/class suspension, transport stoppage or major public-service interruption was identified for Tainan mountain areas; Taoyuan, Namaxia and Maolin in Kaohsiung; or Sandimen, Wutai, Majia, Taiwu, Laiyi, Chunri, Shizi and Mudan in Pingtung. In the east, Datong and Nan'ao in Yilan and Xiulin and Zhuoxi in Hualien have no new weather escalation; only the Wanli Creek river-channel zone in Wanrong remains red. Mainland Taitung Indigenous areas are under `weather / watch` because of the heavy-rain advisory. The earlier Highway 20 Wulu road interruption in Haiduan was cleared at 07:15 on September 5, and no new Indigenous-area road interruption was identified in this scan.
Other official alerts: ARDSWC's latest systemwide event remains the September 1 heavy-rain event, which ended on September 2; no new debris-flow or large-scale-landslide red/yellow escalation was identified. The Directorate-General of Personnel Administration currently states there is no work/class suspension information. No new level-one inundation alert, official stream-surge notice, evacuation, sheltering, major agricultural-loss alert, water/power interruption or other Indigenous-area public-service disruption was identified.
Recommended action: In Taitung mountain areas and near streams, avoid locations prone to rockfall, landslides or rapid water-level rises, and check CWA and road-authority information before travel. Entry to the Wanli Creek river-channel red-alert control zone remains prohibited. Official real-time notices govern.
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This English translation is based on the Traditional Chinese emergency brief and official notices from the Central Weather Administration, Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency Hualien Branch, Agency of Rural Development and Soil and Water Conservation, Directorate-General of Personnel Administration, and other official water, transport, and local disaster-response sources. It does not replace official notices.