Focus Taiwan
Date: 06/16/2020
By: Yu Xiao-han and Frances Huang

Taipei. CNA photo June 16, 2020
The CWB said the temperature was recorded by a monitoring station in Fuyuan at around 1:10 p.m. Tuesday, ahead of 36.8 degrees recorded at around 1 p.m. by the Zhuoxi monitoring station, also in Hualien.
The highest temperature recorded on Monday was 38.3 degrees, also in Fuyuan.
The heat in Hualien triggered a "red" warning under the CWB's color-coded heat alert system Tuesday for the first time this summer, meaning temperature highs are expected to reach 38 degrees or higher three days in a row, the bureau said. [FULL STORY]