Landslide Blocks Highway 7 in Fuxing; Wanli Creek River-Channel Red Alert Continues
Original Chinese title: 桃園復興台7線大曼路段坍方阻斷；萬里溪河道 red 續行
As of 12:23 on September 7, the Directorate General of Highways reports that a major landslide and rockfall blocked Highway 7 at 48.9K in Fuxing District, Taoyuan, at about 08:50. Because rockfall is continuing, reopening is expected only after September 10, subject to slope and weather conditions. This is transport / watch, not red. The CWA currently lists no active heavy-rain advisory. After the M4.8 offshore Taitung earthquake at 00:37, highway inspections found provincial roads operating normally. The September 7 08:40 Wanli Creek barrier-lake monitoring report shows an intact dam and stable overflow, with 1.4 mm forecast for both the next 12 and 24 hours; the existing river-channel red alert remains limited to the controlled channel area because no formal cancellation was found.
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12:23 Update: Landslide Blocks Highway 7 in Fuxing, Taoyuan
Information time: September 7, 2026, 12:23.
Official sources: Directorate General of Highways; Central Weather Administration; Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency Hualien Branch; Agency of Rural Development and Soil and Water Conservation; Water Resources Agency; Directorate-General of Personnel Administration; with cross-checking of official local government, police/fire, education and road-authority notices.
Affected Indigenous areas and alert levels: The Directorate General of Highways issued an update at 11:48 stating that a major landslide and rockfall at Highway 7, 48.9K, in Fuxing District, Taoyuan, blocked the road at about 08:50. The road is narrow and rockfall is continuing. The agency will reopen a temporary route and install slope-protection measures after conditions stabilize, with reopening expected after September 10, subject to slope and weather conditions. This is an Indigenous-area road interruption and is classified as `transport / watch`, not red. Travelers using the Northern Cross-Island Highway and Fuxing mountain routes should avoid the closure and follow official detours.
The latest official monitoring of the Wanli Creek barrier lake, at 08:40 on September 7, reports a water elevation of 1,087.60 meters and storage of about 5.4194 million cubic meters. Forecast rainfall for both the next 12 and 24 hours is 1.4 mm, below the threshold for a new alert. The dam remains intact, overflow is stable, and impacts remain confined to the river channel. An August 24 official order explicitly required the river channel to remain under red alert and closed to entry. No formal cancellation was found in this scan, so `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 change was identified for Wulai, Jianshi, Wufeng, Nanzhuang or Tai'an, while Fuxing has the new Highway 7 `transport / watch` road interruption. In central Taiwan, no new threshold-level official 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 disruption 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, no new threshold-level change was identified for Datong, Nan'ao, Xiulin, Zhuoxi, Beinan, Yanping, Haiduan, Daren, Jinfeng, Taimali, Dawu or Lanyu; only the Wanli Creek river-channel control zone in Wanrong remains `red`.
Other official alerts: The CWA's current heavy-rain advisory page lists no county under an active heavy-rain advisory. A magnitude 4.8 earthquake occurred offshore southeast of Taitung at 00:37 on September 7, and the CWA PWS issued an earthquake alert for Taitung. The Directorate General of Highways later completed inspections and reported normal traffic on local provincial highways, so the earthquake did not trigger a new Indigenous road, bridge or transport alert in this scan. The Directorate-General of Personnel Administration currently reports no work/class suspension information. No new level-one inundation alert, debris-flow or large-scale-landslide red/yellow escalation, official stream-surge notice, evacuation, sheltering, major agricultural-loss alert, water/power interruption or other Indigenous-area public-service disruption was identified.
Recommended action: Do not enter the closed Highway 7 section at Daman in Fuxing; check the Directorate General of Highways' real-time road information and use official detours 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 Directorate General of Highways, Central Weather Administration, Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency Hualien Branch, Agency of Rural Development and Soil and Water Conservation, Water Resources Agency, Directorate-General of Personnel Administration, and other official local disaster-response sources. It does not replace official notices.