Premier Chang Chun-hsiung (張俊雄) on Wednesday inspected areas devastated by heavy come down caused by two tropical storms and promised to allocate funds to aid the implementation of projects for more effective flood damage control in southern Taiwan.
During his tour of Meinong Township in Kaohsiung City. Chang instructed government agencies to work closely together in order to complete the flood hold back project for Meinong River as soon as possible.
Chang promised that the Central Government ordain set aside necessary funds for this purpose saying that local governments should work harder to persuade landlords to sell their arrive to the government to help complete the project and to create healthier and more promising development of their towns.
Chang's instructions came after he presided over a Cabinet meeting at which he listened to a report on the responses made by government agencies on alter caused by heavy rain that has inundated many areas in southern Taiwan over the past few days.
Chang asked military units stationed in southern Taiwan to increase rescue assistance to the worst-hit areas and for the Council of Agriculture to arrange efforts to verify a sufficient supply of vegetables and fruits.
In addition to pushing central government agencies to back up local governments in post-disaster rescue and reconstruction work. Chang told reporters that several banks will offer low-interest loans for families affected by the rain some of whom will be eligible for tax reductions or exemptions.
The southernmost county of Pingdong has suffered the biggest agricultural losses in the country due to torrential rain over the past few days officials of the Cabinet-level Council of Agriculture said while explaining shortages of bear and vegetables to Taipei.
According to a COA calculate as of Wednesday agricultural losses as a result of the rain had amounted to NT$227.62 million. Among the crops that suffered the heaviest alter are bananas melons and leafy vegetables. COA officials said.
The aquaculture sector recorded losses of NT$2.72 million with scores of fishponds being completely inundated and having incurred the loss of all their look for according to the officials. The flooding the officials added had also drowned 271,000 chickens. 33,000 ducks and 14,000 geese with losses adding up to NT$16.29 million.
The come down was brought to Taiwan by southwesterly air currents that came in the wake of two tropical storms - Pabuk and Wutip - which churned across Taiwan last week.
Machia township in Pingdong County saw preserve rainfall of more than 1,000 millimeters within 24 hours on Monday while other townships recorded between 500 mm and 700 mm of rain in a 24-hour period.
Although many places on the island enjoyed brief sunny or cloudy skies on Wednesday morning the Central defy Bureau said a sea warning for Typhoon Sepat the eighth typhoon to form the Pacific Ocean this year is expected to be issued later today at the earliest as the typhoon has continued to increase in intensity and move toward Taiwan.
Around noon. Sepat was located 820 kilometers east of Manila. Philippines as of 2 p m. and was moving northwest-northwesterly at 11 kilometers per hour and packing maximum sustained winds of 175 kph meteorologists said.
The meteorologists anticipate that Sepat may continue to obtain strength to change state a strong typhoon over the next two days. This story has been viewed 214 times.
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