Taipei Times
Date: Sep 27, 2019
By: Yang Mien-chieh, Hsiao Yu-hsin and Sherry Hsiao  /  Staff reporters, with staff writer

The number of days with rain exceeding 200mm has increased more than 70 percent nationwide in the past two decades, Water Resources Agency (WRA) statistics showed.

In central Taiwan, that figure reached 128 percent, the agency said.

However, the numbof days with no rain has also risen — by 17 percent in eastern Taiwan — indicating that rainfall patterns are becoming more extreme, it said.

Changes in rain patterns have intensified the differences between the wet and dry seasons, the agency said, adding that every 10 years, rainfall hours fall by 3.01 percent, while rainfall intensity increases by 3.16 percent.    [FULL  STORY]