Highway 7 Daman Closure in Fuxing Extended to September 17; Wanli Creek Channel Red Alert Continues

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.

19:34 Update: Heavy-Rain Advisory Expands Across Central and Southern Mountain Areas

Information time: September 7, 2026, 19:34.

Official sources: Central Weather Administration; Directorate General of Highways; 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 official local disaster-response notices.

Affected Indigenous areas and alert levels: At 15:15, the Central Weather Administration issued a heavy-rain advisory as strong afternoon convection developed. The advisory covers Kaohsiung and Pingtung and mountain areas from Nantou through Tainan, with the CWA warning mountain areas to watch for landslides, rockfall and rapid stream rises. For the Indigenous-area scan, Ren'ai and Xinyi in Nantou; Alishan in Chiayi; Taoyuan, Namaxia and Maolin in Kaohsiung; and Sandimen, Wutai, Majia, Taiwu, Laiyi, Chunri, Shizi and Mudan in Pingtung are classified as `weather / watch`. Tainan mountain areas and directly affected roads, bridges and streams are also under monitoring. This is a heavy-rain watch, not red, and must not be relabeled as a debris-flow or large-scale-landslide red alert.

Nationwide regional assessment: In the north, the Highway 7 closure at 48.9K in Fuxing remains `transport / watch`; no new threshold-level change was identified for Wulai, Jianshi, Wufeng, Nanzhuang or Tai'an. In central Taiwan, the heavy-rain advisory adds `weather / watch` for Ren'ai, Xinyi and Alishan; no new threshold-level change was identified for Heping. In the south, Taoyuan, Namaxia and Maolin in Kaohsiung and the eight listed Pingtung Indigenous townships are `weather / watch`. Pingtung's official disaster-information platform shows the inundation warning status for those townships as below alert threshold, so this update does not create a level-one inundation alert. In the east, no new threshold-level change was identified; the existing `barrier-lake / red` remains limited to the Wanli Creek river-channel control zone in Wanrong.

Other official alerts: This scan found no new September 7 debris-flow or large-scale-landslide red/yellow escalation from the Agency of Rural Development and Soil and Water Conservation. The Directorate-General of Personnel Administration's 16:20 update reports work and classes as usual. Wanli Creek's 08:40 monitoring report shows an intact barrier, stable overflow and 1.4 mm forecast rainfall for both the next 12 and 24 hours, below the threshold for a new alert. Because no formal cancellation of the existing river-channel red alert was found, red remains limited to the controlled channel area.

Recommended action: Avoid creek beds, steep slopes and rockfall-prone mountain roads in the affected central and southern Indigenous areas this evening, and check road-authority notices before travel. Continue to avoid the closed Highway 7 section in Fuxing. Entry to the Wanli Creek red-alert river-channel control zone remains prohibited. Official real-time notices govern.

23:49 Update: Heavy-Rain Advisory Was Cancelled at 18:45; Central-Southern Weather Watch Ends

Information time: September 7, 2026, 23:49.

Official sources: Central Weather Administration; Directorate General of Highways; 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 official local government, police/fire, education and road-authority notices.

Alert change: The Central Weather Administration cancelled the heavy-rain advisory at 18:45, stating that rainfall had eased and the probability of localized heavy rain had decreased. Accordingly, the `weather / watch` status previously assigned to Ren'ai and Xinyi in Nantou; Alishan in Chiayi; Taoyuan, Namaxia and Maolin in Kaohsiung; and Sandimen, Wutai, Majia, Taiwu, Laiyi, Chunri, Shizi and Mudan in Pingtung has ended and returned to `monitoring`. Tainan mountain areas and nearby roads, bridges and streams also return to routine monitoring. This is the end of a watch condition, not the cancellation of a red alert and not a cancellation of unrelated existing disaster controls.

Nationwide regional assessment: In the north, the Highway 7 closure at 48.9K in Fuxing remains in effect as `transport / watch`, not red; no new threshold-level change was identified for Wulai, Jianshi, Wufeng, Nanzhuang or Tai'an. In central Taiwan, Ren'ai, Xinyi and Alishan return to `monitoring` after the advisory cancellation; no new threshold-level change was identified for Heping. In the south, the weather watches for the three Kaohsiung Indigenous districts, eight Pingtung Indigenous townships and Tainan mountain areas have ended. No new level-one inundation alert, slope-hazard red/yellow escalation, evacuation, sheltering, work/class suspension, transport stoppage or major public-service disruption was identified. In the east, no new threshold-level change was identified; only the Wanli Creek river-channel control zone in Wanrong remains `barrier-lake / red`, and this must not be expanded to all of Wanrong Township.

Continuing material alerts: The Directorate General of Highways' 11:48 notice for the Highway 7 landslide at 48.9K remains an active road closure, with reopening expected after September 10 depending on slope and weather stability. Wanli Creek's 08:40 monitoring report shows the barrier intact and stable overflow, with forecast rainfall below the threshold for a new alert; however, no formal cancellation of the existing river-channel red alert was found, so the channel red alert continues. The Directorate-General of Personnel Administration continues to report work and classes as usual. This scan found no new debris-flow or large-scale-landslide red/yellow escalation, level-one inundation alert, evacuation, major agricultural-loss alert, water/power interruption or other Indigenous-area public-service disruption.

Recommended action: The central-southern `weather / watch` has ended, but mountain travel should still be adjusted to the latest weather and road information. Continue to avoid the closed Highway 7 section in Fuxing. Entry to the Wanli Creek red-alert river-channel control zone remains prohibited. Official real-time notices govern.

20:26 Update: Highway 7 Daman Reopening Delayed to 08:00 on September 17

Information time: September 9, 2026, 20:26.

Official sources: Directorate General of Highways Northern Region Branch; 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 official local government, police/fire, education and road-authority notices.

Affected Indigenous areas and alert levels: In a September 9 update issued at 11:50, the Directorate General of Highways said the Highway 7 closure at 48.9K in Daman, Fuxing District, Taoyuan, remains in place because the slope is still unstable and continuing to fail. Follow-up aerial and field inspections identified an approximately 80-meter roadbed gap, while parts of the existing temporary crossing structure were also damaged. The reopening, previously targeted for September 10, is now expected at 08:00 on September 17, still subject to weather and slope stability. The closure remains `transport / watch`, not red.

Nationwide regional assessment: In the north, the Fuxing road interruption remains the only threshold-level change in this scan; no new qualifying change was identified for Wulai, Jianshi, Wufeng, Nanzhuang or Tai'an. In central Taiwan, no new heavy-rain advisory, severe thunderstorm alert, level-one inundation alert, slope-hazard escalation, road interruption, evacuation or work/class suspension was identified for Heping, Ren'ai, Xinyi or Alishan. In the south, no new qualifying official change was identified for Tainan mountain areas; Taoyuan, Namaxia or Maolin in Kaohsiung; or Sandimen, Wutai, Majia, Taiwu, Laiyi, Chunri, Shizi or Mudan in Pingtung. In the east, no new qualifying change was identified for Datong, Nan'ao, Xiulin, Zhuoxi, Beinan, Yanping, Haiduan, Daren, Jinfeng, Taimali, Dawu or Lanyu. In Wanrong, only the Wanli Creek river-channel control zone remains `barrier-lake / red`; this must not be expanded to all of Wanrong Township.

Other official alerts: The CWA heavy-rain advisory page currently lists no county under an active advisory. The Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency Hualien Branch reported at 09:00 on September 9 that the Wanli Creek barrier lake stood at elevation 1,087.38 meters with about 5.3775 million cubic meters of water. Forecast rainfall is 0 mm for the next 12 hours and 4.5 mm for the next 24 hours, both below the threshold for a new alert. The barrier remains intact, overflow is stable and impacts remain confined to the river channel. No formal cancellation of the existing channel red alert was found, so `red` remains limited to that control zone. The Directorate-General of Personnel Administration's 09:35 update reports work and classes as usual. This scan found no new debris-flow or large-scale-landslide red/yellow escalation, level-one inundation alert, official stream-surge notice, evacuation, sheltering, transport stoppage, major agricultural-loss alert, water/power interruption or other Indigenous-area public-service disruption.

Recommended action: The Highway 7 Daman section in Fuxing remains closed. For short-term travel between Taoyuan and Yilan, follow the highway authority's advice to use National Freeway 5 or Highway 9 and recheck official road information immediately before departure. Entry to the Wanli Creek river-channel red-alert control zone remains prohibited. Official real-time notices govern.