Taipei, Aug. 8 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on Sunday instructed government agencies to fast-track disaster relief efforts in areas affected by heavy rains in recent days that were brought on by a tropical depression, according to the Presidential Office.
NEAR HENGCHUN: Tropical Storm Choi-Wan is likely to be downgraded to a tropical depression and would not affect a weather front forecast for tomorrow, the bureau saidBy Kayleigh Madjar / Staff writer, with CNA
A weather map issued yesterday shows the projected path of Tropical Storm Choi-Wan.
Photo courtesy of the Central Weather Bureau
The Central Weather Bureau (CWB) yesterday issued a sea warning for Tropical Storm Choi-Wan, saying that as of 2pm, the center of the storm was about 550km south-southwest of Taiwan proper and that it was moving northeast at about 19kph.
Choi-Wan has a radius of 80km, it said, adding that the storm has maximum sustained winds of 65kph that are gusting up to 90kph.
The bureau issued a sea warning at 4pm as Choi-Wan was weakening slower than expected while approaching the Hengchun Peninsula
May 25, 2021
Taiwan is being squeezed by a resurgent coronavirus on one side and a yearlong drought that is disrupting agriculture, industry and power supplies on the other. Only one of those forces is likely to go away.
The dual stresses can be seen at home in sliding stocks, power and water shortages, and abroad as Taiwan’s chipmakers struggle to fill a global deficit of semiconductors. While the government works to rein in the COVID-19 outbreak, the water and energy strains highlight longer-term challenges from the island’s unusual vulnerability to climate change.
“In the medium term, energy and water are indeed the key factors for Taiwan, not only for food security but also for capturing the opportunities of a growing semiconductor industry and related investment,” said Gary Ng, an economist at Natixis.
Water shortage alerts remain unchanged despite recent rainfall
05/06/2021 09:40 PM
A catchment area of Shihmen Reservoir in Taoyuan. CNA file photo
Taipei, May 6 (CNA) In spite of a recent weather front that brought precipitation to parts of Taiwan over the past few days, the water shortage alerts imposed by cities and counties across the country will remain in place, Economics Minister Wang Mei-hua (王美花) said Thursday.
Many reservoirs nationwide still have low water levels, Wang told reporters prior to a Central Emergency Operation Center meeting that day held to assess Taiwan s worsening water situation.
According to the Water Resources Agency (WRA), water shortage alerts in Miaoli, Taichung and northern parts of Changhua currently remain on red, signifying that households have to go without potable water two days a week.