Extremely heavy rain to sweep northern Taiwan

Taiwan News
Date: 2016-09-08
By: Wendy Lee, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Central Weather Bureau (CWB) on Thursday has warned of heavy to extremely heavy rainfall across the northern part of Taiwan. Taipei and New Taipei are likely to experience extremely heavy rainfall from Thursday evening through Friday, whereas Keelung, Yilan, Hualien, and south of Chiayi are expected to experience heavy rainfall, according to the latest forecast.

Heavy rain signifies rainfall of 80 millimeters in 24 hours, or 40 mm in an hour, while extremely heavy rain was defined as rainfall of 200 mm in 24 hours, or 100 mm in three hours, according to the CWB.

The bureau has reminded the public to be on guard against lightning strikes and wind gusts, and slow down while driving through heavy rains as wet roads create hazardous driving conditions.     [FULL  STORY]