TAIPEI (TVBS News) — The Central Weather Administration (CWA, 中央氣象署), Taiwan's national weather service, issued a torrential rain advisory at 2:25 p.m. Thursday (July 31) for 12 counties, with dangerous rainfall expected to persist until Friday afternoon. The advisory highlights the devastating impact of strong southwestern winds and afternoon convection development, which have already triggered extreme torrential rain across mountainous areas of Nantou County, Yunlin County, Chiayi County, Kaohsiung City, and Pingtung County.
Taichung City, Nantou County, Chiayi County's mountainous areas, Kaohsiung City's mountains, and Pingtung County's mountains face localized heavy or extreme torrential rain conditions. Kaohsiung City, Pingtung County, Yunlin County's mountains, Tainan City's mountains, and Taitung County's mountains are experiencing localized heavy rain or torrential downpours. The weather administration warned of dangerous lightning strikes and strong gusts, advising extreme caution against landslides, falling rocks, and flash floods in mountainous terrain, as well as severe flooding in vulnerable low-lying regions.
The advisory further notes that heavy rain could significantly affect New Taipei City's mountainous areas, Miaoli County, Changhua County to Tainan, Taitung, and Chiayi City. Weather officials emphasized the alarming potential for extreme torrential rain in Taichung City, Nantou County, Chiayi County's mountains, Kaohsiung City's mountains, and Pingtung County's mountains. Torrential rain will continue impacting Yunlin County's mountains, Tainan City's mountains, Kaohsiung City, Pingtung County, the Hengchun Peninsula, and Taitung County's mountainous regions. ◼