Taiwan News
Date: 2015-09-28
By: Ko Lin, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Residents in the Taipei metropolitan area wishing to learn more about the city’s impacted

areas during typhoon days can log onto the Central Disaster Prevention and Response Council’s “real-time disaster information map on Taipei City,” reports said Monday.

The public or residents living in Taipei can log onto the system to stay updated at any given time, according to Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je.

Information such as the number and location of fallen trees or debris, and how many households and areas are affected by power/water outages can be viewed real-time via the system map.

“Those affected by electricity or water cuts can stay updated as to when and how long the repair would take,” Ko said.

According to reports, the information provided will also cover evacuation notices, typhoon off days, weather forecasts, as well as live video feeds of traffic conditions (Taipei City), metro stations (MRT), and pumping stations (water level).     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/09/28
By: Christie Chen

Taipei, Sept. 28 (CNA) Water supplies in parts of Taipei were suspended Monday due to the effects of Tyhoon Dujuan, with one official estimating that the suspension could affect up to 1 million households in the city in the 24 hours after 7 p.m. that day.

As of Monday evening, the raw water turbidity at the Zhitan Water Purification Plant in Taipei had reached 12,000 nephelometric turbidity units (NTU), meeting the threshold for a shut-down, said Chen Man-li (陳曼莉), deputy director of the Taipei Water Department.

According to a new standard operating procedure (SOP) adopted by the water department, Taipei’s water purification plants will cut back their operations if the raw water turbidity reaches 6,000 to 12,000 NTUs and will shut down altogether if the turbidity exceeds 12,000 NTUs.

Around 25,000 households in Taipei had their water supplies suspended from 7 p.m.     [FULL  STORY]

Want China Times
Date: 2015-09-28
By: CNA

An 8-month-old mixed breed dog will depart for his adopted family in Canada later Sunday,

a lucky turn in his young life that nearly ended prematurely earlier this year, an animal charity group said.

Aptly named “Lucky,” the young black male canine was picked up as a stray puppy in February in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, said Ni Jing-tai, a spokesman for Animal Rescue Team Taiwan.

He nearly died of multiple wounds that may have been caused by other strays, Ni said.

Veterinarians were able to save his life but his two hind legs became paralyzed because of the wounds he had sustained.

Luckily he is now able to move around and even run with the two wheels that are strapped to his body, Ni told reporters.

Workers of a animal welfare group based in Canada learned the story of Lucky’s recovery and found a family for him so he is flying out from Kaohsiung Sunday night with five other dogs to begin their new lives, Ni said.    [FULL  STORY]

Asia One
Date: Sep 27, 2015

TAIPEI – A cross-border telecommunications fraud ring that operated in Taiwan, China and

Philippines was recently busted by Taiwanese police authorities, the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) announced.

Taichung police authorities arrested the alleged chief suspect of the ring, surnamed Lin, and 13 other suspects during separate raids on 37 locations in the central city on Sept. 8, the CIB said in a statement.

According to the CIB, the ring had been recruiting members from both sides of the Taiwan Strait to join before asking them to fly to the Philippines where they operated as the central hub for the illicit activities.     [FULL  STORY]

CNN News
Date: September 27, 2015
By Jethro Mullen, CNN

(CNN)A strong storm is spinning across the sea toward Taiwan, bringing the threat of

powerful winds and heavy rains.

Typhoon Dujuan is forecast to hit Taiwan’s east coast on Monday evening. As of Monday afternoon, the storm had maximum sustained winds of 231 kph (144 mph), according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center.

The current forecast track calls for the storm to pass just south of Taiwan’s capital city of Taipei, home to 2.7 million people.

But it was expected to weaken somewhat before making landfall as the equivalent of a Category 3 hurricane, according to CNN meteorologist Guy Michael.

Taiwan weather authorities issued a sea warning as the storm approached, telling people in coastal areas to beware of rogue waves, the island’s Central News Agency reported.

Before it reaches Taiwan, Dujuan will brush past Japan’s small, thinly populated Yaeyama Islands.     [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date:  Sep 28, 2015
By: Staff writer, with CNA

The bodies of two Republic of China Air Force pilots who were killed in a crash last week

were received by grieving family members at the Air Force Academy yesterday.

The bodies of 32-year-old Major Wang Ching-chun (王勁鈞) and 23-year-old First Lieutenant Huang Chun-jung (黃俊榮) were flown from the crash site in Hualien to the academy in Kaohsiung.

The pilots were killed after their AT-3 training aircraft crashed in mountainous terrain during a routine training flight.

The tearful fathers of the pilots waited on the tarmac at the academy and murmured to their fallen loved ones after they were unloaded, while air force personnel stood at attention.

The bodies were sent by ambulance to a funeral parlor.     [FULL  STORY]