Taipei and New Taipei declare 13 districts at risk
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/09/08
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Workers had to pump water out of an entrance to Dongmen MRT Station in Taipei Saturday evening. (By Taiwan News)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – At least one motorcyclist was reported injured in Taipei City as torrential rain overwhelmed the streets and caused flooding across the capital Saturday evening.
The government texted messages to residents’ smartphones to warn them of the coming onslaught, but even then many were caught outside.
In Ximending, one of Taipei’s most popular destinations for locals and tourists alike on weekends, water suddenly shot several floors high, throwing a motorcyclist off his vehicle, the Central News Agency reported.
On the other side of town, close to the fashionable Xinyi shopping district, Keelung Road had “turned into the Keelung River,” a resident noted online. Traffic on Zhongxiao East Road section 4, known for its concentration of department stores and boutiques, was stuck [FULL STORY]
