Landslide alerts have been issued for nearly 350 areas across the south and
east today due to ongoing heavy rain and flooding.

As of 12:30, Hualien County's Fuli township had gotten the most rain of all
of Taiwan today, with nearly 360 milimeters since midnight.

The Ministry of Agriculture is warning of landslides across Chiayi County,
Tainan, Kaohsiung, Pingtung, Taitung, and Hualien, concentrated in 32
townships.

The areas with the highest level of risk are in Kaohsiung Maolin district's
Wanshan and Maolin villages, as well as in the Liugui Xinglong and Xinfa
neighborhoods...

as well as in Pingtung's Laiyi village and Taitung's Yanping Hongye village.

Residents of areas under red alerts are advised to evacuate immediately.

Meanwhile, evacuations have already begun in parts of Pingtung, where several
roads have flooded.

Authorities in the mountainous regions of the county already evacuated 700
residents due to risk of landslides and flooding.

Officials also warn of flooding across several roads in the county, including
Wandan township's Xingnong road, Section 2 Zhongzheng road in Donggang
Township, Provincial Highway 17 at Donggang and Mingde Road...

and across other areas as well.

(AH)