16,000 chickens in Yunlin Country, Taiwan were culled after highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu was detected at two chicken farms in the area, Taipei Times reported.
Highways and Byways: Disappeared sea and a side trip to hell
A trip to these two destinations features ancient Aboriginal artifacts at Daofeng Inner Sea Museum and animatroinic mise-en-scene for each level of hell at the appealingly kitschy Eighteen Levels of Hell
By Steven Crook / Contributing reporter
If you’ve read a bit about the history of Tainan, you’ll have heard of Taijiang Inner Sea (臺江內海). Hundreds of years ago, when southern Taiwan’s coastline wasn’t as far west as it is now, this lagoon covered much of present-day Annan (安南) and Chiku (七股) districts.
In 1823, torrential rains shifted so much sediment that the islands at the mouth of the inland sea began to coalesce. Because this reduced the speed of river water flowing through the lagoon, silt carried down from the mountains started to accumulate.