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HELPING Hand: The government is to provide NT$30,000 in disaster relief to displaced people, while those who have been severely injured would receive NT$250,000/ Staff writer, with CNA
ONE PERSON KILLED: The strongest earthquake of the year so far caused an apartment building to collapse and damaged road and rail networksBy Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
WEATHER
<strong>Temperatures set to drop</strong>
A continental cold air mass approaching the nation is expected to push nighttime temperatures in the north down to 13°C tomorrow, and to between 10°C and 12°C from Sunday to Tuesday, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said. Increased moisture during this period is also set to bring rainfall and a chance of snow in areas above 3,000m. The cold weather is to ease during the daytime between Tuesday and Wednesday, with isolated rain forecast for the greater Taipei area and eastern Taiwan, former CWB Weather Forecast Center director Daniel Wu (吳德榮) said. On Thursday, the weather across
By 2027, a second track is to be installed on the railway line connecting Hualien and Taitung counties, the Railway Bureau said yesterday.
Hualien Station is 162km from Taitung County’s Chiben Station, but 112.65km of the distance consists of sections of single track, Eastern Engineering Office deputy director Hsia Heng-ren (夏恒仁) said.
Thirteen curved sections of track with a radius of less than 800m would also be improved, while electric cables, signals and facilities along the route would be upgraded, Hsia said.
With a single track, trains need to wait at a loop if other trains need to go first, he said, adding