The China Post
Date: July 7, 2016
By: Christine Chou
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The military mobilized thousands of troops and Premier Lin Chuan (林全) was
A giant floating sculpture of a Red-faced Muscovy Duck is seen as it was being deflated at the county’s Carp Lake on Wednesday, July 6. The sculpture was deflated as part of storm preparation measures for Typhoon Nepartak. (CNA/Yuan-Ming Chiao, The China Post)
briefed by emergency response officials Wednesday, as preparations for the approaching Super Typhoon Nepartak ramped into high gear.
The Central Weather Bureau (CWB) issued sea and land warnings for Super Typhoon Nepartak on Wednesday, respectively, at 2:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
The bureau issued a warning to residents of Hualien and Taitung, including the outlying Orchid Island, to remain on the alert and to brace for strong winds and torrential rain by the fast-growing typhoon.
The region’s first named storm of the year is expected to be most strongly felt on Thursday and Friday.
The premier, before being briefed by Central Emergency Response Center officials at the Executive Yuan, urged central and local government agencies to jointly prepare for potential flooding and natural disasters. [FULL STORY]
