According to a report by Taiwan’s”Central News Agency” on July 25, the Taiwanese army’s actual military exercise”Hanguang No. 40″ began on the 22nd. Taiwan’s Defense Department said today (the 25th) that due to the attack of typhoon”GE Mei,” The armed forces have been ordered to end the actual military exercises at 12:00 noon on the 25th, and troops at all levels to assist the local government in disaster prevention and rescue work.
Many roads in Kaohsiung City are flooded.
Reported that the Taiwan army”Hanguang No. 40,” the actual military exercise was scheduled to be held from 22 to 26, but because of typhoon”Ge Mei” attack, many subjects have been canceled and replaced by the sand table exercise. Taiwan’s Defense Department said in a press release at noon on the 25th that in response to the disaster caused by typhoon”Ge Mei”, the armed forces have been ordered to end at 12:00 on the 25th”Hanguang No. 40″ live-fire exercises.
In this regard, a netizen said, “Really, I think this kind of heavy rain until tomorrow is worrying.”.
Some people said, “Taiwan is almost half flooded, but the drill is also to show Who?”
According to an earlier report by Taiwan’s Zhongshi news website, Typhoon Gemei made landfall from South Australia, Yilan, on the 24th. It set sail at 4:20 am on the 25th at the new house in Taoyuan, Taiwan, and weakened slightly, the storm continued to envelop Taiwan, M?z? and gradually entered Kinmen, the island’s 22 counties and cities closed classes, still have to guard against strong winds and heavy rain.
According to the central news agency, Taiwan’s regional disaster response center counted two people dead and 279 injured by the typhoon as of 8 am on the 25th, with some of the worst damage caused by tree collapses, flooding in Yunlin County, Tainan and Kao Ping (Kaohsiung City and Pingtung County) with strong gusts remaining.
According to the statistics of Taiwan’s economic department, 47,260 households were once without water, and there are still 3,691 households without water. According to statistics from Taiwan Power Station, as of 9 am on the 25th, the cumulative number of power outages in Taiwan has reached 539739 users, the number of households have been repaired 446939.
In addition, Taiwan’s transportation authorities said that Taiwan has 37 road closure warning. By 3:00 pm on the 25th, all the lines of Taiwan Railway and high-speed railway have been suspended. In the aviation part, 262 flights have been cancelled on the island interior line, 160 flights have been cancelled on the international line, and 11 flights have been delayed. Maritime part of the 25th Total Island 12 routes, cross-strait 4 routes, a total of 169 flights suspended (Island 143 flights, cross-strait 26 flights) .