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Typhoon Kong-rey: Heavy Rain, High Winds Threaten Shanghai and China's Coast

Tropical Storm Kong-rey poses a threat to Shanghai and China's coast, with heavy rain and high winds expected in several areas. The storm made landfall in Taiwan, causing damage and displacing residents. In China, the storm is expected to bring heavy rain and high winds to Shanghai and other parts of the east coast, with potential impacts on infrastructure and …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Typhoon Kong-rey: Taiwan's Largest Storm Since 1996

CNN

Typhoon Kong-rey makes landfall in Taiwan, the largest storm to hit the island since 1996. The storm is packing winds approaching 200 kilometers per hour, equivalent to a Category 3 Atlantic hurricane, and is expected to bring heavy downpours and storm surges to eastern Taiwan. The island has issued an 'extremely torrential' rainfall warning for parts of Yilan, Hualien, Taichung …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Mainland resumes import of Wendan pomelos from Taiwan

China Daily

The General Administration of Customs announced to resume the import of Wendan pomelo from Taiwan starting Monday. The GAC suspended the import of citrus fruits from Taiwan, including Wendan pomelos, to the mainland starting from Aug 3, 2022, due to the detection of quarantine pests and other unqualified situations in such fruits. After a comprehensive assessment of the correction measures …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Demand for quake warning app surges in earthquake-rattled Taiwan

Hindustan Times

Earthquake warning smartphone apps have surged in popularity in Taiwan due to high demand from people eager to get a few extra seconds to take cover after more than 1,300 aftershocks rattled the island in the past month following a large temblor. Lin Ruei, another co-founder of the app launched in 2022, said their app tracks fast-moving seismic waves from …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Top political advisor meets visiting KMT delegation

China Daily

Wang Huning, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, meets with a visiting Chinese Kuomintang party delegation led by Fu Kun-chi in Beijing, capital of China, April 27, 2024. BEIJING -- Wang Huning, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, on Saturday met with a visiting Chinese Kuomintang party delegation led by Fu Kun-chi. …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Top political advisor meets visiting KMT delegation

China Daily

Wang Huning, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, meets with a visiting Chinese Kuomintang party delegation led by Fu Kun-chi in Beijing, capital of China, April 27, 2024. BEIJING -- Wang Huning, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, on Saturday met with a visiting Chinese Kuomintang party delegation led by Fu Kun-chi. …

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8 months ago

Taiwan earthquake: Over 80 quakes hit east coast in 24 hours, 6.3 magnitude strongest

Live Mint

More than 80 earthquakes hit Taiwan's east coast in the past 24 hours that also shook buildings in the capital Taipei, the island's weather administration said. The epicenter was largely the rural eastern county of Hualien, where a 7.2 magnitude earthquake on April 3 claimed the lives of at least 14 people, and there were over 1,000 aftershocks since then. …

Taiwan East Magnitude Earthquake Hualien

8 months ago

Taiwan hit by major series of aftershocks following April 3 earthquake

Al Jazeera

The strongest of more than 200 tremors was measured at 6.1 by the USGS as shaking continued through the night. Taiwan has been rattled by a cluster of dozens of earthquakes that caused buildings to sway and that the government said were aftershocks from the huge quake that hit the island more than two weeks ago. The strongest of the …

Taiwan Taipei Quake Hualien

8 months ago

Taiwan hit by numerous quakes, strongest reaching 6.3 magnitude

New Indian Express

TAIPEI, TAIWAN: Taiwan's capital was hit by a series of earthquakes overnight into the early hours of Tuesday, with the Central Weather Administration saying the strongest was a magnitude-6.3 tremor originating in eastern Hualien. The first strong quake -- a magnitude 5.5 -- hit on Monday at around 5:08 pm, according to Central Weather Administration. The Central Weather Administration said …

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8 months ago

A cluster of earthquakes shakes Taiwan after a strong quake killed 13 earlier this month

Associated Press

TAIPEI, Taiwan — A cluster of earthquakes struck the island republic of Taiwan early Tuesday, the strongest having a magnitude of 6.1, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Taiwan is no stranger to powerful earthquakes yet their toll on the high-tech island’s 23 million residents has been relatively contained thanks to its excellent earthquake preparedness, experts say. Taiwan lies along …

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8 months ago

A lesson from Taiwan in quake resilience

The Hindu

April 23, 2024 12:47 am | Updated 08:13 am IST In the last two decades, major earthquakes have occurred in many parts of the world including Indonesia, Japan, China, Italy, Nepal, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Ecuador, Mexico, Morocco, and the Turkey-Syria border. In pictures | Taiwan rocked by strongest earthquake in nearly 25 years 1 / 3 The story of two earthquakes …

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8 months ago

Realities of similarities hit home with Taiwan youths

China Daily

Delegation members pay tribute to the martyrs at Huanghuagang 72 Martyrs' Cemetery in Guangzhou, Guangdong province. CHEN YEHUA/XINHUA University connections Peking University was the destination for the second youth exchange event during Ma's visit, where Taiwan youths met with a group of their mainland counterparts who had visited Taiwan in July last year. There, Peking University student Wu Jiayi and …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Death toll rises to 16 following Taiwan quake as reconstruction starts

China Daily

Photo taken on April 5, 2024 shows a tilted building in downtown Hualien after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake in Southeast China's Taiwan. TAIPEI -- The death toll from a 7.3-magnitude earthquake in China's Taiwan has risen to 16, local authorities and media said on Wednesday, adding that the earthquake response has now shifted from emergency relief to recovery and reconstruction. At …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Death toll rises to 16 following Taiwan quake as reconstruction starts

China Daily

Photo taken on April 5, 2024 shows a tilted building in downtown Hualien after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake in Southeast China's Taiwan. TAIPEI -- The death toll from a 7.3-magnitude earthquake in China's Taiwan has risen to 16, local authorities and media said on Wednesday, adding that the earthquake response has now shifted from emergency relief to recovery and reconstruction. At …

Taiwan Quake

8 months, 2 weeks ago

How Taiwan learned from the past to reduce the risk from earthquakes

Al Jazeera

Improvements to buildings and emergency response helped limit the impact when a 7.2 magnitude quake struck eastern Taiwan a week ago. Hualien, Taiwan – When Wen Zong Hao felt the 7.2 magnitude earthquake strike Taiwan’s east coast a week ago, he was immediately worried. The Chi-Chi quake was a reckoning for the island’s earthquake mitigation strategy, explained assistant professor Wang …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Mainland willing to assist with post-quake resettlement in Taiwan: spokesperson

China Daily

BEIJING -- The mainland is willing to assist people in Taiwan's Hualien county in carrying out post-earthquake resettlement and other related work, a spokesperson said on Wednesday. Zhu Fenglian, a spokeswoman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said the mainland has been closely following the disaster and its aftermath. Following the earthquake, the office immediately expressed its deep concern …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Sniffer dog who was ‘too friendly’ for drugs role excels in Taiwan earthquake rescues

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A former drug-sniffing dog named …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Taiwan earthquake: Dogs searching for earthquake victims win hearts in Taiwan

The Hindu

A former drug-sniffing dog who lost his job for being too friendly has emerged as the unlikely MVP of the Taiwan rescue teams searching for survivors of the island’s strongest earthquake in 25 years. The mayor of southern Kaohsiung — which sent a rescue team and dogs including Roger — said the labrador specialises in “rubble pile search and rescue” …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Earthquake aftershocks halt the demolition of a leaning building in Taiwan. Death toll rises to 13

Associated Press

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The demolition of a building that is leaning precariously after an earthquake in Taiwan was halted on Saturday because of aftershocks that made it lean even more, media reports said. A building is seen partially collapsed, two days after a powerful earthquake struck the city, in Hualien City, eastern Taiwan, Friday, April 5, 2024. Huilien County magistrate …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

The world holds its breath when there’s an earthquake in Taiwan. This company is why

LA Times

A rescue worker stands near the cordoned-off site of a leaning building in the aftermath of an earthquake on Wednesday in Hualien, Taiwan. It has a lot to do with the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., which produces more than a third of the world’s computational power every year, according to the book “Chip Wars: The Fight for the World’s Most …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Earthquake aftershocks halt the demolition of a leaning building in Taiwan. Death toll rises to 13

LA Times

Demolition work is underway at a building collapsed by a powerful earthquake in Hualien City, Taiwan, on Saturday. The demolition of a building that is leaning precariously after an earthquake in Taiwan was halted on Saturday because of aftershocks that made it lean even more, media reports said. The red building, about 10 stories tall and inclined over a street …

Taiwan Earthquake Quake Hualien

8 months, 2 weeks ago

How Taiwan’s Taipei 101, country’s tallest skyscraper, stands tall amid earthquakes

Hindustan Times

At least ten people died, and hundreds were injured after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan’s east coast on April 3. Despite the widespread damage to structures across the country, Taipei 101, once the tallest skyscraper in the world, remained unscathed. Taipei 101's stability also depends on the mass damper—a spherical device suspended from 92 thick cables between the 87th …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Rescue teams in Taiwan searching for family feared trapped in rockslide following earthquake

Associated Press

HUALIEN, Taiwan — Rescue teams are searching for a family of five feared trapped in a rockslide following Taiwan’s biggest earthquake in 25 years, which has left at least 12 dead. Government officials offer prayers during the demolition ceremony for the partially collapsed building in Hualien City, Taiwan, April 5, 2024. Workers begin demolition of collapsed building, two days after …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Felt like this was my last day’: Indians in Taiwan on strongest quake in past 25 years

Hindustan Times

The two Indians reported to have gone missing on Wednesday, after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan, were found shortly after midnight, India Taipei Association official said on Thursday. Fire broke out at Hualien University Indian-origin PhD student Rageshnath studying in Taiwan’s Hualien, which was one of the most affected areas in Wednesday’s quake, said that he felt like it …

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Typhoon Kong-rey: Heavy Rain, High Winds Threaten Shanghai and China's Coast

Typhoon Kong-rey: Taiwan's Largest Storm Since 1996

Mainland resumes import of Wendan pomelos from Taiwan

Demand for quake warning app surges in earthquake-rattled Taiwan

Top political advisor meets visiting KMT delegation

Top political advisor meets visiting KMT delegation

Taiwan earthquake: Over 80 quakes hit east coast in 24 hours, 6.3 magnitude strongest

Taiwan hit by major series of aftershocks following April 3 earthquake

Taiwan hit by numerous quakes, strongest reaching 6.3 magnitude

A cluster of earthquakes shakes Taiwan after a strong quake killed 13 earlier this month

A lesson from Taiwan in quake resilience

Realities of similarities hit home with Taiwan youths

Death toll rises to 16 following Taiwan quake as reconstruction starts

Death toll rises to 16 following Taiwan quake as reconstruction starts

How Taiwan learned from the past to reduce the risk from earthquakes

Mainland willing to assist with post-quake resettlement in Taiwan: spokesperson

Sniffer dog who was ‘too friendly’ for drugs role excels in Taiwan earthquake rescues

Taiwan earthquake: Dogs searching for earthquake victims win hearts in Taiwan

Earthquake aftershocks halt the demolition of a leaning building in Taiwan. Death toll rises to 13

The world holds its breath when there’s an earthquake in Taiwan. This company is why

Earthquake aftershocks halt the demolition of a leaning building in Taiwan. Death toll rises to 13

How Taiwan’s Taipei 101, country’s tallest skyscraper, stands tall amid earthquakes

Rescue teams in Taiwan searching for family feared trapped in rockslide following earthquake

‘Felt like this was my last day’: Indians in Taiwan on strongest quake in past 25 years