TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Suhua Highway, which links Yilan County and Hualien County, will be closed until at least Tuesday evening as a result of multiple rockslides that began on Sunday and lasted into Monday, according to authorities. Rainfall on Sunday caused rocks to fall near the 112.6-kilometer mark of the Suhua Highway at about 5 p.m. that day. The section between Su'ao and Dong'ao was subsequently closed at 7 p.m.On Monday, the Directorate General of Highways (DGH) said that continuous rockslides have hampered efforts to clear the road and aerial shots indicate that the mountain slope remains unstable. The DGH said it would make an announcement on Tuesday at 5 p.m. on when the Suhua Highway will reopen. If the situation remains dangerous, the DGH said it does not rule out the possibility of postponing the reopening of the highway until later in the week.

Source: The China Post May 29, 2017 07:41 UTC