Taiwan News
Date: 2016-09-27
By: Sophia Yang, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
As Typhoon Megi is taking dead aim at Taiwan, most local governments announced a full-day school and 
office closures for Tuesday, except Yunlin County, Chiayi County/City, Tainan City, and Kaohsiung City. A video of four school children trying to take shelter behind an electric pole against strong gusts caused by Typhoon Megi went viral. The scene reportedly took place in Chiayi County. Chiayi Magistrate Chang Hwa-kuan offered her apologies to citizens for the decision allowing closures only in the second half of the day, saying she felt sorry to see school children suffering on their way home.
On Tuesday noon, a netizen posted a video on an online gossip forum “Bao-liao-gon-se” with a description saying that the video was shot near Nan Shin Elementary School in Chiayi at noon when school students were walking home from the school. The footage shows that four students, probably aged between 7 and 10, could barely walk against strong gusts and then chose to take shelter behind an electric pole. [FULL STORY]
