A police officer was dragged to his death after attempting to stop a suspect from driving away from a vehicle inspection in Tucheng District, New Taipei City, last night, September 30. According to reports, Liu Tsong-Hsin, Chief of the Qingshui Police Station, was on a routine patrol when he noticed an illegally parked vehicle on Jincheng Road at around 11:00 pm. Liu approached the car, which was driven by a 30-year-old woman named Chen. Chen was known to police, having

Typhoon Krathon intensified into a severe typhoon in the early hours of Tuesday morning, and continued to strengthen as it hovered south of Taiwan’s second-largest city, poised to strike the heavily-populated southwest coast tomorrow, according to weather bureau forecasts. According to Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration, at 6:00 am, Krathon was located at latitude 20.7 degrees north, longitude 119.8 east, around 180 kilometers southwest of Point Eluanbi. After reaching the level of strong typhoon at 2:00 am this morning, the storm

Tropical Storm Krathon strengthened into a typhoon Sunday, and is on a heading to make landfall at the southern tip of Taiwan, according to Central Weather Administration forecasters. The CWA upgraded the storm to a typhoon Sunday morning, a few hours after issuing a maritime warning for waters south and southeast of Taiwan. At 2:30 pm, Sunday, Krathon was located 430 kilometers southeast of Taiwan’s southernmost tip, Point Eluanbi. Krathon was moving west-northwest at 9 kilometers per hour. The storm

A tropical depression east of the Philippines intensified into a tropical storm this morning, September 28, and is expected to reach typhoon status, and affect Taiwan’s weather from Monday through Thursday. According to Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration (CWA), the tropical depression TD22 intensified into this year’s 18th named tropical storm, Krathon, at 8:00 am this morning. Krathon was located at 18.5 north, 125.4 east, moving south-southwest at 11 kilometers per hour. Krathon has a central air pressure of 998 hPa,