Heavy rain warnings issued for 15 cities, counties

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/09/09
By: Chen Wei-ting and Lee Hsin-Yin

Taipei, Sept. 9 (CNA) The Central Weather Bureau issued heavy rain warnings Friday afternoon for fifteen cities and counties due to a strong convective system above Taiwan.

The affected areas include Taipei, New Taipei, Keelung, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Miaoli, Taichung, Nantou, Yunlin, Chiayi, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Pingtung, Yilan and Hualien, forecasters said.

Among them, the southernmost Taiwan county of Pingtung has been hit with “extremely heavy rain” — defined as 200 mm of rain in a 24-hour period or 100 mm of rain in a three-hour time frame — the bureau said.

In fact, between 2-3 p.m., Majia Township in Pingtung had already topped the country with 92 mm of accumulated rainfall, bureau data showed.

Lightning, gusty winds, as well as flooding and mudslides in mountainous areas are likely, the bureau warned.     [FULL  STORY]