Rains battered Taiwan on Friday, with particularly heavy downpours in central and southern Taiwan. The wet weather isn’t expected to ease up until Sunday. After a brief respite on Monday, more rains are expected starting Tuesday with the arrival of another front. The west coast will see localized heavy rains on Wednesday and Thursday. Let’s hear from a meteorologist.

Tseng Chao-cheng
CWA forecaster
From Friday night to the early morning on Saturday, the rainiest areas will still be central and southern Taiwan. During the day on Saturday, there is a chance of rain all over the country, and the wet weather will linger into the evening. The heaviest rain will be in the western half of the country, especially in central and southern Taiwan. The next front is a convective current coming in from the sea. So there could be heavier showers. The heavier showers could be accompanied by short downpours, similar to the current weather. There could be strong gusts of wind, heavy showers and sudden heavy rains.

Heavy rains swept across Southern Taiwan on Friday, with lightning strikes throughout the day. In Annan District in Tainan, a power cable was struck by lightning, leaving 400 households without electricity. Taipower personnel were immediately dispatched for repairs, which took five hours in the rain. Flooding was reported along Min’an Road in Rende District, with 15 centimeters of water on the road. Over in the outlying islands, a storm shut down Penghu Airport twice, resulting in delays for arriving and departing flights.

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