Taipei: Agricultural losses from Typhoon Danas and subsequent heavy rainfall have reached nearly NT$1.6 billion (US$49.2 million), according to the Ministry of Agriculture in a press release on Wednesday. Chiayi County and Tainan were the

Tainan: Nearly 50,000 households in Tainan remained without electricity Wednesday following extensive damage to the city’s power infrastructure from Typhoon Danas, according to Mayor Huang Wei-che.

According to Focus Taiwan, “Taipower has been work…

Matsu: Hundreds of people remain stranded on the Matsu Islands after a plan to evacuate them using C-130 military transport aircraft was cancelled. The disruption, caused by Typhoon Danas, left travelers unable to leave the

Hualien: A search and rescue dog named Wilson, from the Hualien County Fire Department, died in an accident during a training session in early June, the department told local media Wednesday.

According to Focus Taiwan,

Taipei: Taiwan’s Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) has announced plans to regulate several substances similar to the anesthetic etomidate as controlled drugs, following their classification as narcotics by the Ministry of Justice. This decision come…