UNCERTAINTY: An expert said Tropical Storm Muifa would move northwestward and linger to the east of Taiwan, but conditions mean certainty is impossible/ Staff writer, with CNA
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporterA tropical depression east of the Philippines developed into a tropical storm yesterday morning and is likely to bring rain to northern and eastern Taiwan during the Mid-Autumn Festival long weekend, the Central Weather Bureau said.
DISRUPTIONS EXPECTED: School closures were announced in four New Taipei City districts, as up to 700mm of rain might fall in northern TaiwanBy Tsai Ya-hua, Cheng Wei-chi and William Hetherington / Staff reporters, with staff writer and CNA
A mud volcano erupted at a temple in Pingtung County’s Wandan Township (萬丹) yesterday, spewing out a large volume of mud and water, which flowed onto surrounding roads and fields.
The eruption, the second at the site since October last year, occurred at about 6am at Huang Yuan Sheng Tien (皇源聖殿), a temple surrounded by farmland in Wannei Village (灣內).
Video of the event showed surges of material thrown as high as the building’s second floor.
To keep the mud from entering rice paddies, excavators were mobilized to channel it toward drainage ditches, Wannei Village Warden Chen Yu-i (陳玉意) said.
Normally, a fire would