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2021/01/10 20:57 Snow on Taiping Mountain (Luodong Forest District Office photo) Snow on Taiping Mountain (Luodong Forest District Office photo) (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Meteorologist Daniel Wu (吳德榮) said Sunday (Jan. 10) that the 3.4 degrees Celsius recorded in Gongguan Township, Miaoli County at 6:23 a.m. was the lowest temperature recorded in a flat area in Taiwan so far this winter, but he predicted another cold wave would arrive on Monday. Wu observed that temperatures had risen on Sunday as the cold snap weakened. However, another cold air mass will arrive in the daytime on Monday and continue through Tuesday, bringing low temperatures and wet weather to the northern part of the country, CNA cited him as saying.
The Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) is to step up inspections of tracks and double down on compliance with railway repair standard operating procedures (SOPs) to maximize railway safety, Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said yesterday.
The comments came after TRA personnel reported three separate instances of cracked rails since Thursday, when a cold air mass reached Taiwan.
Cracked rails were found on Thursday between Yunlin County’s Douliou City (斗六) and Dounan Township (斗南), and on Friday on the Hualien-Taitung line, and between Taitung County’s Chihshang Township (池上) and Hualien County’s Fuli Township (富里), the TRA said.
Yesterday, cracked rails were
Tourists flock to Taipingshan to see snow, causing traffic congestion
01/09/2021 03:29 PM
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Visitors stop for a quick photo on a snowy trail in Taipingshan, Yilan County, on Friday / CNA photo
Taipei, Jan. 9 (CNA) A traffic jam was seen in Taipingshan in Yilan County, as tourists flocked to the mountain to see the snow, the scenic area administration in northeastern Taiwan reported Saturday.
The Taipingshan National Forest Recreation Area had to block tourists from entering as more than 1,000 vehicles had lined up since early morning, resulting in a 6-kilometer-long backup from the gate, said its official Huang Hsin-wei (黃信偉).