Inclement marine weather and rain disrupted traffic yesterday as people returned to home on the last day of the Tomb Sweeping holiday.
Services of the New Taima (新臺馬), which operates between Taiwan proper and Lienchiang County (Matsu), were suspended due to adverse weather, the Maritime and Port Bureau said.
The Taima Star (台馬之星) ferry would increase services to facilitate holidayers’ trip back, it said.
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The ferry services between Kinmen County and China’s Fujian Province were also canceled due to poor visibility, the Kinmen County Harbor Bureau said yesterday.
Ferries from Kinmen to China’s Xiamen and Quanzhou cities were canceled at 8am and 9:50am respectively, while the one from Quanzhou to Xiamen was canceled at 8:30am, it said.
The air traffic in Kinmen was disrupted by thick fog, with seven flights canceled as of 9:30pm yesterday. About 500 people were affected from delayed flights to Taiwan proper as of 3pm.
The Kinmen County Harbor Bureau said 310 air passengers took the Xin King Xiang Loong (新金祥龍) ferry to Chiayi County’s Budai Port, which left at 2pm.
The fog resulted from an interaction of moisture brought by a weather front and warm air from the south, Kinmen Weather Station Director Lin Yi-ti (林依締) said, adding that the fog would not alleviate until this morning.
Taiwan Railway Corp’s Neiwan branch line connecting the Hsinchu Railway Station and Neiwan Railway Station was suspended due to a tree falling on tracks.
Meanwhile, severe freeway congestion occurred at the northbound lanes of the Chiang Wei-shui Memorial Freeway (Freeway No. 5) after 12pm, the Freeway Bureau said.
Freeway traffic volume on the last day of the Tomb Sweeping holiday was expected to top 1.11 million, it said.
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