According to Taiwan media reports, due to the vigorous development of convective cloud system in the afternoon, Taiwan's Taipei City, New Taipei City, , Taoyuan City, Hsinchu County, Hsinchu County, Nantou County, Yilan County, 6 counties and cities experienced short-term heavy rainfall this afternoon, and heavy rainfall caused flooding in many places.
reported that Taipei and New Taipei areas have the most rainfall, with the hourly rainfall in Xindian District, New Taipei City even exceeding 80 mm. Disasters were reported in many areas of New Taipei City, and some streets were flooded to their knees. Some people in Xindian District were trapped in the roof of their car due to flooding, and a convenience store in Zhonghe District was flooded.
Some people were trapped by flooding and were trapped in the roof of the car
Taipei City started rainfall since 15:30. As of 16:30, the hourly rainfall of Xinyi, Da'an, Neihu, Wenshan, Songshan and Zhongshan District exceeded 50 mm, of which Xinyi District has an hourly rainfall of 111 mm and Da'an District 96.5 mm. Some netizens uploaded photos of flooding saying "Everyone can raft."
A convenience store in New Taipei City was flooded
Lightning scene taken by netizens on the island
In addition, according to the real-time observation data of the lightning strike system of the Taiwan meteorological department, from 3:20 to 4:20 pm on the 25th, there were 701 lightning data in Taiwan.
Source: Taithai
