Heavy-rain and strong-wind yellow watches affect Indigenous areas in northern, southern and eastern Taiwan

00:25 Indigenous-area disaster brief

Information time: October 6, 2026, 00:25.

Official sources: Central Weather Administration heavy-rain advisory, CWA strong-wind advisory, CWA severe-thunderstorm information, Public Warning Platform, Water Resources Agency combined warnings, Agency of Rural Development and Soil and Water Conservation slope-hazard dashboard, Taitung Airport daily flights, and Directorate-General of Personnel Administration.

Affected Indigenous areas and levels:

• North—Wulai, New Taipei: New Taipei mountain areas are covered by the heavy-rain advisory. Wulai is `weather / watch / yellow`, not red. The regional advisory does not mean every location in the township has already reached the heavy-rain threshold.
• East—Datong and Nan'ao, Yilan: Both Yilan lowlands and mountain areas are covered. Datong and Nan'ao are `weather / watch / yellow`, not red.
• South—Indigenous areas on the Hengchun Peninsula: The Hengchun Peninsula is covered by the heavy-rain advisory. Shizi, Mudan and adjacent Indigenous areas on the peninsula are `weather / watch / yellow`, not red. Follow the CWA's live map for the actual rain area.
• East—Lanyu, Taitung: Lanyu is covered by the heavy-rain advisory and is explicitly included in the strong-wind yellow advisory. It is `weather / watch / yellow`, not red. October 5 flight cancellations are not carried over as an October 6 suspension finding; check the airport and airline for the new day's live schedule.

Nationwide assessment:

• North: Wulai is under a yellow heavy-rain watch. Fuxing, Jianshi, Wufeng, Nanzhuang, Tai'an and other lowland Indigenous areas remain under monitoring. No level-one inundation, slope red or yellow alert, road or bridge disruption, evacuation, shelter or work and class suspension was found.
• Central: Heping, Ren'ai, Xinyi, Alishan and nearby areas remain under monitoring. A free-overflow notice for Liyutan Reservoir applies to Sanyi, Waipu, Dajia, Houli and Da'an and is not extended to Indigenous townships. The WRA combined-warning page still lists no reservoir-release warning.
• South: Shizi, Mudan and adjacent Indigenous areas on the Hengchun Peninsula are under a yellow heavy-rain watch. Indigenous areas in mountain Tainan, Kaohsiung and elsewhere in Pingtung remain under monitoring. No level-one inundation, official flash-rise warning, slope red or yellow alert, road disruption, evacuation or shelter was found.
• East: Datong, Nan'ao and Lanyu are under a yellow heavy-rain watch; Lanyu also has a strong-wind yellow advisory. Other covered Indigenous areas in Hualien and Taitung remain under monitoring. No road or bridge disruption, school closure, all-route transport suspension or major public-service change was found.

The WRA shows no inundation, river-level or reservoir-release warning. The slope-hazard dashboard shows zero debris-flow red alerts, zero debris-flow yellow alerts, zero large-scale-landslide red alerts and zero large-scale-landslide yellow alerts. The DGPA's 00:21 update for October 6 reports no work or class suspension. No active severe-thunderstorm information, evacuation, shelter, school-specific closure or official major agricultural-loss notice was found in this scan.

Recommended action: In yellow-watch areas, avoid streams, riverbeds and unstable slopes, and watch for ponding in low-lying places. On Lanyu, secure outdoor objects and check air and sea transport before departure. Follow the latest official notices.