The Central Weather Administration (CWA) today issued a heavy rain advisory for some areas of northern Taiwan, as the wet weather was forecast to remain across most of the nation.
The abundant moisture is being carried on a passing cloud system that came in from southern China, bringing rains to central and northern parts of Taiwan, and the eastern counties of Hualien and Taitung, the CWA said.
It has issued a heavy rain advisory for Keelung and New Taipei City, as well as Yilan County, warning of accumulated rainfall of more than 80mm in a 24-hour period or hourly rainfall exceeding 40mm.
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The CWA has also warned the public to be mindful of possible landslides and falling rocks when traveling in mountainous areas.
As the rainy weather continues today, Wanli District (萬里) in New Taipei City recorded 63.5mm of accumulated rainfall from 12am to 8am, CWA data showed.
It was the heaviest precipitation recorded nationwide for the eight-hour period, followed by 48.5mm in Keelung's Zhongshan District (中山), the CWA said.
Meanwhile, due to seasonal northeasterly winds, lows of 13°C to 14°C are expected today in some areas of central, northern and northeastern Taiwan, and 16°C to 18°C in the southern parts of the country, as well as in Taitung and Hualien counties in the east, the CWA said.
Other regions, including Penghu, Kinmen and Lienchiang (Matsu) counties, could see lows of about 8°C to 16°C, the CWA said.
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