Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/09/01
By S.C. Chang

Taipei, Sept. 1 (CNA) The Central Weather Bureau issued an extremely heavy to torrential rain advisory for Yilan County from late Friday through Sunday morning due to impact from this year’s 16th typhoon.

The CWB upgraded its earlier warning for Yilan due to the peripheral effects of Tropical Storm Mawar, noting that Keelung North Coast, New Taipei City’s mountainous area, Pingtung County including Hengchun Peninsula, Hualien and Taitung counties and their offshore islets could experience heavy or extremely heavy rain.    [FULL  STORY]