Taiwan News
Date: 2016-09-17
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – While Typhoon Malakas was making slow progress off Taiwan’s east coast
High tide in Tamshui.
Saturday, Chiayi County in Southern Taiwan suffered some of the heaviest torrential rain.
Residents of Taipei, New Taipei, Keelung, Yilan and Hualien had the day off because forecasters had predicted most of the havoc caused by the storm would happen there, but Saturday morning the places with the highest rainfall were mostly situated in Chiayi County, according to Central Weather Bureau data.
The town of Zhuqi recorded 208 millimeters of rain over 12 hours leading up to around Saturday noon, the data showed. Fenqihu in the same area posted 207 mm and Alishan Elementary School near the Alishan park 200 mm. Both locations are popular destinations which, if no typhoon had appeared, would have been crowded with tourists during the four-day Mid-Autumn Festival holiday.
Landslides led to the authorities closing down the popular Alishan railway line, which connects the park with Chiayi City. [FULL STORY]
