Taipei, Nov. 22 (CNA) Taiwanese disaster relief workers are on standby to provide humanitarian relief to Indonesia and the Solomon Islands after those countries were hit by major earthquakes, the National Fire Agency (NFA) said Tuesday.
WEATHER
<strong>Tropical storm possible</strong>
A tropical depression east of Guam could soon be upgraded to a tropical storm, the Central Weather Bureau said yesterday, adding that it would be able to better ascertain how it would affect Taiwan on Wednesday or Thursday. As of 2pm yesterday, the tropical depression was moving northwest at 16kph, bureau data showed. Bureau forecaster Hsieh Pei-yun (謝佩芸) said the tropical depression was nearly 4,000km from Taiwan. Meanwhile, high temperatures are forecast until Saturday as a Pacific high-pressure system yesterday expanded west to cover Taiwan, she said. Chances of temporary showers or thundershowers would remain high until Thursday
Taoyuan, Aug. 15 (CNA) A total of 71 Taiwanese citizens returned from Myanmar on a charter flight on Sunday afternoon amid a serious COVID-19 outbreak currently gripping the Southeast Asian country.
Taipei, Aug. 14 (CNA) About 80 Taiwanese expats will take a chartered Myanmar Airways International flight to return to Taiwan on Sunday, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA).
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