TRANSPORT DISRUPTION:Torrential rainfall caused mudslides that blocked roads in mountainous areas of Hualien County and damaged several highways in Kaohsiung
Taiei Times
Date: Aug 25, 2019
By: Staff writer, with CNA
Severe Tropical Storm Bailu yesterday brought heavy rain to eastern and southern Taiwan, with
Rescue workers yesterday assist a group of tourists who were caught in a flood caused by Severe Tropical Storm Bailu as they were coming down Liushidan Mountain in Hualien County.
Photo provided by the Hualien County Fire Department via CNA
Hualien’s Fuli Township (富里) saw the heaviest inundation in the nation with 534mm accumulated from midnight on Friday to 8pm yesterday, meeting the criteria for extreme torrential rain, the most severe of Taiwan’s four-tier rainfall intensity scale.
Two other monitoring stations in Fuli Township reported accumulated rainfall of 493.5mm and 484.5mm as of 8pm yesterday.
Extreme torrential rainfall means accumulated rainfall of 500mm or more in 24 hours, the bureau said. [FULL STORY]
