Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/10/09
By: Christie Chen
Taipei, Oct. 9 (CNA) Days of heavy rain in eastern Taiwan due to the peripheral effects of Tropical
A section of the Provincial Highway No. 9 in Taitung County. (Photo courtesy of the Directorate General of Highways)
Storm Aere have forced a railway line and roads to close.
Railway services on the South Link Line between southern Taiwan’s Kaohsiung and eastern Taiwan’s Taitung were suspended early Sunday as a mudslide washed away more than 20 meters of the roadbed in a section of the rail line between Taitung’s Taimali and Zhiben.
The Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) estimated that service would not resume until after midnight.
Meanwhile, the section of Provincial Highway No. 9 between Taitung’s Xianglan and Daniao was closed at 7 p.m. Sunday due to rock falls, while restricted access was allowed at the 97.1-kilometer mark of Provincial Highway No. 7, according to the Directorate General of Highways. [FULL STORY]
