The largest sandstorm to hit Taiwan in five years dissipated on Sunday, but air quality remained poor
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/04/08
By: Central News Agency
TAIPEI (CNA) — The largest sandstorm to sweep across Taiwan in five years gradually
Kaohsiung port seen through the haze from Tuntex Skytower (Image from Flickr user Kevin)
dissipated on Sunday, but the air quality in Kaohsiung and Pingtung in the south remained poor as the condition was not right for dispersing atmospheric pollutants there, according to the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA).
As of 12 a.m. Sunday, the EPA’s Air Quality Index (AQI) flashed an orange warning, indicating unhealthy air for sensitive groups, at 10 stations in Kaohsiung and Pingtung and one station in the outlying island county of Kinmen, according to the EPA’s Taiwan Air Quality Monitoring Network.
Air quality was rated as either good or fair in the rest of Taiwan, the monitoring data showed. [FULL STORY]
