Century-old Sunken Ship Discovered Off Green Island
Researchers are working to determine if a sunken ship discovered off Taiwan’s Green Island is a legendary Dutch ship that locals say ran aground there in the 19th century. The shipwreck appears to be the remains of a wooden vessel from the West dating to at least 100 years ago, according to Tsang Cheng-hwa, an...Continue reading
Eco Film Festival to be held in Taiwan Starting Today
An annual eco film festival will hold more than 5,200 screenings of documentaries around Taiwan starting today, to promote the importance of ecological conservation. The Forestry Bureau, which is jointly organizing the festival with the National Central Library, made the announcement Monday. The festival, to run until October 19, will screen 40 documentaries about Taiwan’s...Continue reading
Taipei Temperature Hits Year’s High at 37.8 Degrees
The temperature in Taipei set a new high for this year when the mercury hit 37.8 degrees at 12:15 PM Sunday due to a strong high pressure system over the Pacific. The previous record of 37.6 degrees was set on July 9th. In neighboring New Taipei’s Banqiao District and Keelung City, temperature also soared to...Continue reading
Temperatures Hit Year’s High in Taitung
Temperatures in Taitung County’s Da-Wu Township soared to 38.3 degrees yesterday — the highest recorded anywhere islandwide so far this year. The Central Weather Bureau says the high was recorded at 11:41 AM and was due to a Foehn wind – that being warm and dry gusts that descend the sheltered side of mountains into...Continue reading
Tainan Water Shortage Gets Temporary Respite
The Southern Water Resources Office says the threat of water shortages in the Tainan area has been alleviated Water agency officials say that Nanhua Reservoir, which supplies the city’s main industrial and domestic water, is at 80 million metric ton-capacity at present, which is 83 percent of its total storage amount.ted at least temporarily due...Continue reading
Flooding Reported in Southwestern Taiwan
Heavy rainfall caused flooding in parts of Yunlin, Chiayi, Tainan and Kaohsiung yesterday. The flooding affected train services, and power supplies, and some roads became impassable. The Taiwan Railway Administration says 11 trains out of Chiayi suffered delays due to flooding and low visibility. Some 2 thousand passengers were affected by those delays. The Chiayi City Fire...Continue reading
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