In recent years pine wilt disease, which had formerly affected only the lowlands of northern Taiwan, has finally crossed the Central Mountain Range to Hualien County in eastern Taiwan, and spread across the Tachia River towards central and southern Taiwan.
近年來只在北部與低地造成浩劫的松樹流行病，終於橫越中央山脈往東部花蓮、越過大甲溪往台灣中南部推進。