Central Weather Bureau forecast center director Cheng Ming-dean (鄭明典) yesterday warned that people should beware of potential damages caused by low temperatures due to cold air from the Arctic in the coming weeks.
Cheng said on Facebook that an extremely cold air mass moved toward North America last month, leading to large snowfalls in the US and Canada. The cold air mass gradually weakened and moved northeast.
However, there is another cold air mass from the Arctic that is moving southwest, he said.
“People in the East Asia region can expect relatively colder weather for some time, Cheng said. “Taiwan could also be affected by the cold air and people should be aware of damage it can do.”
Based on the bureau’s forecast, temperatures in northern and northeastern regions would continue sliding with the cold air mass to arrive on Friday, with the probability of rain being higher in those parts and in mountainous areas in central and southern Taiwan.
Because of the arrival of the cold air mass, the bureau forecast that temperatures at the weekend would drop nationwide, with the low being from 12oC to 15oC.
Meanwhile, people in Yilan, Hualien and areas further north should expect highs of 16oC to 18oC, while in the south, highs could drop to between 20oC and 21oC, the bureau said.
However, temperatures could rise a bit on Sunday, it said.
The manufacture of the remaining 28 M1A2T Abrams tanks Taiwan purchased from the US has recently been completed, and they are expected to be delivered within the next one to two months, a source said yesterday. The Ministry of National Defense is arranging cargo ships to transport the tanks to Taiwan as soon as possible, said the source, who is familiar with the matter. The estimated arrival time ranges from late this month to early next month, the source said. The 28 Abrams tanks make up the third and final batch of a total of 108 tanks, valued at about NT$40.5 billion
A group from the Taiwanese Designers in Australia association yesterday represented Taiwan at the Midsumma Pride March in Melbourne. The march, held in the St. Kilda suburb, is the city’s largest LGBTQIA+ parade and the flagship event of the annual Midsumma Festival. It attracted more than 45,000 spectators who supported the 400 groups and 10,000 marchers that participated this year, the association said. Taiwanese Designers said they organized a team to march for Taiwan this year, joining politicians, government agencies, professionals and community organizations in showing support for LGBTQIA+ people and diverse communities. As the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex
MOTIVES QUESTIONED The PLA considers Xi’s policies toward Taiwan to be driven by personal considerations rather than military assessment, the Epoch Times reports Chinese President Xi Jinping’s (習近平) latest purge of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) leadership might have been prompted by the military’s opposition to plans of invading Taiwan, the Epoch Times said. The Chinese military opposes waging war against Taiwan by a large consensus, putting it at odds with Xi’s vision, the Falun Gong-affiliated daily said in a report on Thursday, citing anonymous sources with insight into the PLA’s inner workings. The opposition is not the opinion of a few generals, but a widely shared view among the PLA cadre, the Epoch Times cited them as saying. “Chinese forces know full well that
An elderly man with underlying health conditions died in mid-January, eight days after the onset of symptoms, marking Taiwan’s first hantavirus death this year, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said yesterday. The man, who was in his 70s and lived in Taipei’s Daan District (大安), tested positive posthumously for hantavirus after passing away on Jan. 13 from sepsis complicated by multiple organ failure and pneumonia, the CDC said in a press release. According to the CDC, the man sought treatment on Jan. 6 for respiratory issues and low blood pressure before returning two
RSS