Wanli Creek river-zone red alert continues into October 9; other Indigenous areas under monitoring
Original Chinese title: 萬里溪河道紅色警戒跨日續行，其餘原鄉維持監測
As of 03:56 on October 9, the red alert remains limited to the Wanli Creek river channel and county-designated warning zone, not all of Wanrong Township. No new threshold-level change was found elsewhere. Taitung Airport's 00:16 page still retained prior-day results, so Lanyu transport remains monitoring, not red.
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03:56 update
Information time: October 9, 2026, 03:56. The latest DGPA update is timestamped 03:35, and the Taitung Airport page is timestamped 00:16.
Official sources: Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency update on the Wanli Creek landslide-dammed lake, Hualien County Wanli Creek information page, Taitung Airport daily flights, Central Weather Administration heavy-rain advisory, CWA land strong-wind advisory, Public Warning Platform, Water Resources Agency combined warnings, Agency of Rural Development and Soil and Water Conservation alert list, and Directorate-General of Personnel Administration work/class status.
Affected Indigenous areas and alert levels:
- Wanrong, Hualien—Wanli Creek: The Wanli Creek river channel and county-designated warning zone remain `barrier-lake / red`. The red level applies only to the official river-zone boundary; it does not mean all of Wanrong Township or every settlement is red. The Forestry agency's October 7 notice says the dam remains intact, water is overflowing steadily and downstream effects are confined to the channel, but stored water remains a risk.
- Lanyu, Taitung: At 00:16 the Taitung Airport page still displayed the previous day's flight results, so a distinct October 9 operating status could not yet be verified from the page. This remains `transport / monitoring`, not red. Passengers should check the airport and airline again after the daily listing rolls over.
Nationwide assessment:
- North: No active heavy-rain or land strong-wind advisory. Wulai, Fuxing, Jianshi, Wufeng, Nanzhuang, Tai'an and lowland Indigenous areas remain under monitoring.
- Central: No active heavy-rain or land strong-wind advisory. Heping, Ren'ai, Xinyi and Alishan remain under monitoring.
- South: No new level-one inundation alert, slope red/yellow alert, Indigenous-area road or bridge closure, evacuation, shelter opening or major public-service change was found. Southern Indigenous areas remain under monitoring.
- East: The Wanli Creek river channel and designated warning zone remain red. The Lanyu flight page does not yet show a distinguishable October 9 change, so transport remains monitoring. Other eastern Indigenous areas remain under monitoring.
This scan found no new level-one inundation warning, river high-water or flash-rise warning, debris-flow or large-scale-landslide red/yellow alert, Indigenous-area road or bridge interruption, evacuation, shelter opening, work/class suspension, school-specific closure, major agricultural-loss notice or public-service interruption. The slope-hazard list shows zero red and zero yellow debris-flow alerts and zero red and zero yellow large-scale-landslide alerts. The DGPA's 03:35 update reports no work or class suspension. The Wanli Creek river-zone red alert is issued under the Forestry agency and local-government system and is separate from the slope-hazard alert system.
Recommended action: Do not enter the Wanli Creek embankment area, riverbed or designated warning zone. Lanyu passengers should check live airport and airline information again before departure. Follow the latest official notices.
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This English translation is based on the Traditional Chinese emergency brief and official notices. It does not replace official notices.