33 air quality monitoring stations flashed either an orange or red warning around noon
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/02/25
By: Central News Agency
TAIPEI (CNA) — The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) warned of poor air
A smoggy Taichung skyline (Image from flickr user Justin Chong)
quality in western Taiwan on Sunday as 33 air quality monitoring stations flashed either an orange or red warning around noon, indicating generally unhealthy air.
As of 1:00 p.m., the EPA’s Air Quality Index (AQI) flashed red, signaling unhealthy air for the general public, at 6 monitoring stations in the western half of the island, including Chiayi, Tainan, as well as Kaohsiung in the south, according to the AQI network (http://taqm.epa.gov.tw/taqm/en/).
Meanwhile, 27 monitoring stations in Taiwan, as well as the outlying county of Kinmen, flashed orange, indicating unhealthy air for sensitive groups, the website showed.
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