Typhoon Track Revised North: Expected to Intensify

typhoon talim predicted path revised September 11 2017

September 11, 2017September 11, 2017 Phillip Charlier 2 Comments typhoon talim

The Central Weather Bureau revised the predicted path of Typhoon Talim today, expecting the storm to make landfall in Taiwan somewhere in the north of Hualian County or Ilan County. The revised path predicts that most of the island will be affected with the highest intensity in the northern and central districts. A CWB spokesperson also said that the typhoon is expected to intensify as it approaches Taiwan due to warm sea surface temperatures and low wind-shear. The spokesperson did

Health and Safety

September 11, 2017September 11, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment off-road, Pingtung County

An off road experience park in Manzhou Township, Pingtung County, was temporarily closed while local authorities undertake a comprehensive review of operating practices and regulations, after a fatal accident left a 2 year-old girl dead and 3 family members injured in a roll-over accident yesterday. The driver of the jeep, Mr Zhang, who has 10 years driving jeeps at the park, has been charged with negligent homicide. At around 11:00am Sunday morning, September 10, the Chen family were enjoying the

body of worker recovered from collapsed trench

Health and Safety

September 11, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment foreign workers, Ilan County, industrial-accident

[Cover Picture: Apple Daily] A Vietnamese man died in Ilan County today after the trench he was working in collapsed. The identity of the man is unknown, as he was illegally employed as a day-laborer by the contractors undertaking the sewage works for the County Government. Rescuers spent 1.5 hours digging the man out. Chinese language media showed images of the man’s lifeless, mud-covered body being lifted out of the trench. Rescuers rinsed the man off and performed CPR, but

car and bus involved in head-on collision

Traffic Accidents

September 11, 2017September 11, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment bus-accident, Taitung

[Cover Picture: Taitung Fire Bureau.] Two people died and 6 were slightly injured after an SUV crashed head-on into a tourist bus on Highway 9 in Taitung County shortly before noon today, September 11. The driver and passenger of the car were trapped in the vehicle. The driver was found lifeless at the scene. The seriously injured passenger lost vital signs on the way to hospital. Six passengers on the bus were slightly injured. The accident occurred at around 11:40am

Health and Safety

September 10, 2017September 10, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment aviation, industrial-accident, workplace-safety

Two aircraft maintenance personnel were seriously injured after they fell from a platform in a hangar at Taipei Taoyuan International Airport yesterday, September 9. The workers were repainting a China Airlines Airbus A330. At the same time a crew were working inside the passenger cabin. The door of the aircraft had to be closed for the painting operation, causing the interior to become uncomfortably hot. The crew inside the cabin employed an external air-conditioning unit to pump cool air into

Culture

September 10, 2017September 10, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment aboriginal, amis, indigenous people, white-wolf

Chang An-lo, also known as the “White Wolf,” declared that Taiwan’s indigenous people are actually Chinese at an Amis “harvest festival” organised by the Chinese Unity Promotion Party in Hualian yesterday, September 9. The event was styled as “The Chinese Unity Year of Confucius 2568 Bumper Harvest Festival”. Making a speech as host of the event, the erudite gangster-turned-politician declared, “Everyone is Chinese; aboriginal people are Chinese.” Wearing a costume that resembled a traditional Chinese-style robe but with Amis aboriginal

Typhoon

September 10, 2017September 10, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment typhoon, typhoon talim

The 18th typhoon of the 2017 season may affect Taiwan from Wednesday, according to the Central Weather Bureau. Tropical Typhoon Talim formed near Guam September 7. The storm is currently located 2,310km east-southeast of Point Eluanbi and moving west-northwest at 25kph. The CWB said that it may issue a sea alert as early as Tuesday September 12. According to CWB, warm sea surface temperatures and low wind-shear are conducive for intensification to moderate typhoon status. Storm herald, Frankie MacDonald issued

Traffic Accidents

September 9, 2017September 9, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment cross-island highway, rockfall

[Cover picture: United Daily News] A Japanese cyclist and a two women on a scooter were injured when rocks tumbled onto the Central Cross Island Highway in the vicinity of The Tunnel of Nine Turns in Hualian County today. Hiroyuki Shirai, 35, from Shizuoka Prefecture, was taken to hospital unconscious and suffering head injuries after being hit by the falling rocks. A 24 year-old woman and her mother, both from Taipei, were also sent to hospital with injuries described as

Traffic Accidents

September 6, 2017September 6, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Kaohsiung

A 12 year-old boy has died of injuries sustained last Friday when the driver of an SUV smashed into vehicles stopped at a level crossing in Kaohsiung. Thirteen people were reported injured in the accident, but the boy, named Yang, was the only one to sustain serious injuries. At 7:26am Friday, September 1, a woman driving an SUV plowed through scooters stopped at a the level crossing, crashed through the crossing barriers, then continued for another 400 meters before crashing

Animals

September 5, 2017September 5, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment formosan macaque, monkeys

[Cover Picture: United Daily News] A farmer in Yunlin’s Douliu District expressed frustration today that Formosan Macaques were running amok on farms, and not only damaging crops, but invading people’s homes and animal sheds. The farmer, Mr Wu, has personally witnessed monkeys take newborn piglets to use them as playthings. Farmers feel they have no way to effectively deal with the monkey problem. In the pictures associated with this story a piglet was taken by a juvenile macaque who sat

truck and other vehicles involved in crash

Traffic Accidents

September 4, 2017September 4, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Changhua County, runaway-truck

[Cover Picture: Liberty Times Network] Brake failure is the suspected cause of a multi-vehicle accident in Changhua County’s Tianzhong (Tienchung) Township this afternoon. At around 4:00pm, shortly after children were let out of school, a 48 year-old driver named Yu (余) lost control of his truck on a downhill section of Zhongnan Road. The speeding truck rear-ended a scooter and two cars traveling in the same direction, then careered into two on-coming cars before flipping over in front of a

Month: September 2017

Typhoon Track Revised North: Expected to Intensify

Off Road Park Closed After 2 Year-old Killed in Rollover Accident: Driver Charged

Vietnamese Worker Buried Alive in Sewage Trench

2 Dead 6 Injured After Head on Collision with Bus

Two Seriously Injured in Airplane Maintenance Accident

White Wolf: Taiwan Aborigines are Chinese, and Confucian

Typhoon Talim May Affect Taiwan Mid-Week

Three Injured by Falling Rocks on Cross-Island Highway

12 year-old Dies of Injuries After Driver Plows through Scooters

Farmers Frustrated as Monkeys Steal Piglets and Run Amok

Runaway Truck Smashes into Vehicles Causing After-School Traffic Chaos