Taiwan: Flooding and mudslides, evacuation TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 14 (UPI) -- Following days of heavy downpours, officials said 282 locations in central and southern Taiwan are under red alert for mudslides, with six people already dead. As of Wednesday, six people died in mudslides and flooding, the Taipei Times reported. The 282 areas under red alert are to be evacuated by authorities. A yellow alert has been issued for 471 areas, meaning they are advised to evacuate. Officials have closed 21 roads and bridges damaged by rain. Traffic on the Central Cross-Island Highway has been disrupted for three days by a landslide, stranding 45 people in the Sinjiayang Aboriginal community in Greater Taichung's Heping District. Relief workers are delivering food to the region while highway workers help to clear the road. The section of the highway leading to the Chingshan Power Plant was also damaged, stranding more than 100 staff; however, officials said they had enough food to last two weeks.