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While Taiwan was under Japanese rule, the government set up five weather monitoring stations on the island, located in Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, Hengchun, and Penghu.On 19 December 1897, the Taipei Observatory moved to the location presently occupied by the Central Weather Administration.
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The Central Weather Bureau (CWB) issued a sea warning on August 28. [26] As Saola continued to approach the island, the CWB issued a land warning to the southern part of Taiwan early on the next day, locally. [27] The CWB lifted the land warning late on August 31. [28] Some operators decided to suspended eight domestic flights and 72 ferry ...
Due to the severe impacts of rain and wind, Kong-rey is a 4 on the AccuWeather RealImpact™ Scale in Taiwan.. Kong-rey was the third typhoon to hit Taiwan this year. It has been 16 years since ...
According to the Central Weather Bureau, Typhoon Gaemi was heading westward toward the island with sustained winds of 144 kilometers per hour (about 90 miles per hour) and gusts of up to 180 kph ...
Taiwan weather officials ranked Wednesday's quake in Hualien as "Upper 6", or the second-highest level of intensity on a scale ranging from 1 to 7.
By mid-morning, Soudelor had maximum sustained winds of 173 km/h (107 mph; 93 kn), according to Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau (CWB). [56] Northern and mountainous areas of Taiwan saw the strongest winds, with Pengjia Islet reporting sustained winds of 150 km/h (93 mph) and a peak gust of 211 km/h (131 mph).
On September 10 the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) issued warnings for heavy rain in north Taiwan. [23] then on September 11 the CWB decided to issue sea warnings which meant that ships that were sailing within the Bashi Channel had to take extra precautions. [24] Land Warnings were then issued the next morning as Sinlaku moved closer to Taiwan. [25]