Magnitude 5.9 Offshore Quake Shakes Hualien as CWA Reports No Casualties
A lunchtime tremor 136 kilometers east of Hualien County Hall reached magnitude 2 shaking on Taiwan’s intensity scale but brought no immediate damage reports.
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Severe Tropical Storm Queenie Holds Strength Saturday as Rough Seas Build East of Taiwan
Severe Tropical Storm Queenie held strength Saturday east of Taiwan, keeping typhoon potential alive before its PAR exit and raising rough-seas and holiday-travel risks along the east coast.
Chiang Wan-An Says Leyeh Street Urban Renewal Fire Is Controlled as Smoke Spreads Across Taipei
An evening fire at a Leyeh Street urban renewal site in Da'an is under control, but smoke is drifting over six districts in Taipei and New Taipei, with environment officials monitoring the air through the night.
Council of Agriculture Exempts White Broilers From Seven-Day H5N6 Slaughter Ban
Taiwan’s Council of Agriculture imposed a seven-day nationwide poultry transport ban and slaughter halt after H5N6 spread to nine sites in five counties, but exempted indoor-raised white broilers that supply most market chicken.
Taiwan Premier Orders Inquiry After Barrier Lake Flood Kills 17 in Hualien's Guangfu
Outer bands from Super Typhoon Ragasa ruptured the Matai'an barrier lake and sent a wall of water through Guangfu township in Hualien County, leaving 17 dead, while Premier Cho Jung-tai ordered a government inquiry into evacuation warnings survivors said came too late.
EPA Fines Kaohsiung Industrial Park Operators Over Nighttime Noise Exceedances
Taiwan’s EPA fined three Kaohsiung industrial-park operators for nighttime noise exceedances after residents filed complaints about compressor cycles that resumed when factories ramped post-Mid-Autumn shifts.
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