Scooter rider narrowly escapes death after 8 ton steel coil falls off truck

8 ton steel coil of rolled sheet steel falls off back of truck

July 31, 2021July 31, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Kaohsiung City, unsecured load

A scooter rider suffered only minor bruising after a steel coil weighing around eight tons fell off the back of a truck and bowled his scooter over in Kaohsiung City, yesterday, July 30. According to reports, at around 3:55 pm, a flatbed truck with trailer carrying four steel coils was passing through the intersection of Gaofeng Road and Kongfeng Road in Xiaogang District when one of the coils rolled off the back of the truck. The coil flipped end-to-end several

flooding in Guishan District, Taoyuan City

Weather

July 30, 2021July 30, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Kaohsiung City, New Taipei City, torrential rain

Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau issued an extremely heavy rain warning for New Taipei City, parts of Hualien County, and Pingtung County this afternoon, and the Kaohsiung City Government opened the Disaster Response Center in preparation for catastrophic level rain forecast for this weekend. Some areas of New Taipei City and Taoyuan City experienced sporadic, localized flooding during torrential downpours this afternoon as a band of thunderstorms swept over the area at around 2:00 pm. Taoyuan City’s Guishan District saw rain

Central Epidemic Command Center press conference

Health and Safety

July 29, 2021July 29, 2021 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment COVID-19, pharmaceutical industry, vaccine

Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) today announced that 13 notifications of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS) had been reported as of July 21, translating to 4.2 cases per million doses. Speaking at a daily press briefing, CECC spokesperson Chuang Jen-hsiang pointed out that the rate of TTS reported in Taiwan so far is lower than that in Europe and America where incidents of TTS following vaccination are around 10 to 20 cases per million doses. The 13 domestic cases

Health and Safety

July 26, 2021July 26, 2021 Phillip Charlier 3 Comments COVID-19, vaccine

Twenty-three fatal cases following vaccination were added to the reporting system between July 23 and 25, the youngest being a 26-year-old man, according to Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) today, Monday, July 26. CECC spokesperson Chuang Jen-hsiang said that the 26-year-old suffered from a rare disease. Five days after vaccination family members found him without vital signs. A local health clinic said the cause of death was respiratory failure. Of the 23 new death cases, 15 had received the

Shenping001 offshore construction platform listing

Marine and Fisheries

July 25, 2021July 25, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment China, Guangdong, marine search and rescue, shipping accident

Chinese marine search and rescue services are searching for four people missing after an offshore construction platform tilted dangerously, flooding the deck and almost capsizing off the coast of Huizhou in Guangdong Province today, July 25. According to CCTV, the Huizhou Maritime Safety Administration began a search and rescue operation after receiving reports of the accident at around 11:00 am this morning. The 90-meter-long, 50-meter-wide offshore construction platform SHENG PING 001 began tilting while working on the CGN New Energy

Sport

July 25, 2021July 25, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Tokyo Olympics, Yang Yung-wei

Taiwan’s Yang Yung-wei (楊勇緯) took the silver medal in Judo’s 60 kilogram category, marking the country’s first medal at the Tokyo Olympics and its first ever Olympic medal for Judo, on the first day of competition, Saturday, July 24. Japan’s Takato Naohisa won the gold medal, while the bronze was shared by France’s Luka Mkheidze and Kazakhstan’s Yeldos Smetov. 23-year-old Yang, of the Paiwan indigenous people, and from Taichung City, previously won silver medals at the 2019 Asian Pacific Judo

playground equipment disinfected for COVID-19

Health and Safety

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

Scooter rider narrowly escapes death after 8 ton steel coil falls off truck

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4 missing after offshore construction platform partially capsizes in Guangdong, China

Paiwan Warrior wins Olympic silver for Taiwan

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