City government to disinfect parks, green spaces ahead of reopening

playground equipment disinfected for COVID-19

July 24, 2021July 24, 2021 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment COVID-19, Hsinchu City

The Hsinchu City Government will disinfect 125 parks and 26 green spaces around the city starting tomorrow ahead of an expected public influx into areas restricted to the public since May 19. Hsinchu Mayor Lin Chih-chien said today that will expand the city’s major disinfection before the epidemic alert downgrade so that people can access facilities with peace of mind. The Hsinchu City Environmental Protection Bureau will lead the disinfection efforts by deploying teams to spray trees, lawns, pathways, fitness facilities and playground

mudslide on route 122 Wufeng Township, Hsinchu County, Taiwan

Typhoon

July 24, 2021July 24, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment landslides, rockfall, typhoon

The Water and Soil Conservation Bureau issued 72 red-alert warnings for landslides and rockfalls in northern districts of Taiwan as heavy rain generated by Typhoon In-Fa continues to inundate the area, Saturday, July 24. Heavy rain began to pound northern Taiwan from Wednesday evening as the tropical storm approached the area, only to stop and hover over the Yaeyama Islands for two days before finally moving away in a north-northwest direction. While the Central Weather Bureau lifted the sea warning

Typhoon

July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment tropical storm, tropical storm In-Fa, typhoon

Tropical Storm In-Fa is looking more likely to strike Taiwan according to forecasts by local and international weather agencies, and sea and land warnings could by issued as early as tomorrow says Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau. In-Fa, this year’s sixth named tropical storm is currently located around 800 kilometers east of Taiwan and moving west at a speed of around 14 kilometers per hour, according to the CWB. The storm has a central pressure of 980 hPa with maximum sustained

Health and Safety

July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment electricity accident, Kaohsiung City

A woman is fighting for her life in hospital after collapsing beside a transformer box on a flooded sidewalk in Kaohsiung City yesterday, and it is suspected that she was electrocuted due to exposed wires on a lamp post. The 39-year-old woman named Kao was holding an umbrella and walking through floodwater on Sanmin Road late yesterday afternoon after thunderstorms inundated Kaohsiung City and surrounding districts with more than 100 millimeters of rain in just over an hour, causing sudden

Traffic Accidents

July 14, 2021July 15, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment expressway, New Taipei City, pile-up

One man died, and two people suffered minor injuries after 10 vehicles were involved in a crash on Provincial Highway 64 in New Taipei City this morning, July 14. Police and fire fighters responded to reports of the pile-up at around 10:45 am in the westbound lanes at the Bali Interchange ramp. According to reports, two gravel trucks, 5 other trucks, and three passenger vehicles were involved in the crash. Two people suffered minor injuries. A man named Hsu suffered

Earthquakes

July 14, 2021July 14, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment earthquake, Hualien County

A series of 27 earthquakes with the largest at magnitude 5.2 centered in Hualien County shook Taiwan’s east coast this morning but only minor damage was reported. Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said that the earthquakes are probably aftershocks from a rare double-main shock event that happened last week. Tuesday and Wednesday July 7 and 8 saw a series of 15 earthquakes with two shocks over magnitude 5 centered around Shoufong Township. At 6:52 am this morning, July 14, a

site of lightning strike on riverside pathway in Miaoli City

Weather

July 14, 2021July 14, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Miaoli County, thunderstorms

A man died after being struck by lightning while jogging when a thunderstorm hit the area in Miaoli City yesterday evening, July 13. The Miaoli City Fire Department received reports that a man had been struck by lightning on a pathway atop the riverside levee bank opposite the National Miaoli Agricultural and Industrial Vocational High School at 6:25 pm. Fire department paramedics found the 31-year-old man, named Liu, without vital signs, and with injuries consistent with that of a lightning

workers escape from Ampacs International Vietnam

Business and Economy

July 12, 2021July 12, 2021 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment COVID-19, vietnam, workers protest

Hundreds of workers at a Taiwanese-owned factory in Vietnam knocked down the steel gate and went home after being locked in for COVID screening after an employee tested positive, Saturday, July 10. While some reports paint a picture of workers panicking and fleeing in fear after hearing that one of their coworkers was infected, it appears that the workers actually knocked down the gates and went home after being sealed in for mandatory COVID testing at the end of a

Traffic Accidents

July 11, 2021July 11, 2021 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment battery-fire, electric vehicles, Tainan City, Tesla Motors

Firefighters in Tainan City used an estimated 20 tons of water to fight a fire after a Tesla electric car caught fire following a crash in Tainan City last week, according to the Tainan City Fire Bureau. Captain Chiu Yuan-ming (邱淵明) said that normally around three tons of water is required to extinguish an internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle fire. However, much more water is required to extinguish an electric vehicle fire. According to the traffic police investigation, the 43-year-old

Italian national arrested after attempted robbery of convenience store

Society

July 10, 2021July 10, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment New Taipei City, Tucheng District

An Italian national who was sentenced to two years in prison for attempting to rob a convenience store in New Taipei City last year lost his appeal to the Supreme Court and will serve the full term before being deported, according to United Daily News. Bruno Giuliano Maicol, aged in his 30s, was sentenced in November 2020 after being found guilty of an attempted armed robbery in which he held a pair of scissors to a female convenience store clerk’s

Business and Economy

July 6, 2021July 6, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment economy, employment

The economic effects of Taiwan’s Level 3 epidemic restrictions have been felt in the employment sector, with unemployment up, and employment numbers seeing biggest drop in history on a month by month basis, according to May data released by the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics today, July 6. The unemployment rate for May rose to 4.11%, up from 3.64% in April, marking the highest unemployment rate since 2013. The human resources survey data was collected between May 23 and

Author: Phillip Charlier

City government to disinfect parks, green spaces ahead of reopening

Taiwan avoids direct hit but Typhoon In-Fa brings heavy rain, landslides, rockfalls to mountain districts

Tropical Storm In-Fa intensifying and heading for northeastern Taiwan

Woman electrocuted while wading through floodwater in Kaohsiung City

10-vehicle expressway pile-up leaves 1 dead, 2 injured in New Taipei City

Swarm of 30 earthquakes shakes Taiwan’s east coast this morning

Jogger killed by lightning strike in Miaoli City

Workers at Taiwanese factory in Vietnam knock down gates and leave after being locked in for COVID tests

Tesla fire in Tainan City took 20 tons of water, 1 hour to extinguish

Italian man loses appeal in attempted armed robbery case

Unemployment at 8-year high; employment numbers see biggest drop in history thanks to pandemic restrictions