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Weather front boosts water supply for two extra days: WRA
04/28/2021 09:17 PM
CNA photo April 28, 2021
Taipei, April 28 (CNA) A wet weather front has helped raise water levels in reservoirs across the country, providing precious water amid a severe drought, the Water Resources Agency (WRA) said Wednesday.
According to the WRA s latest estimate, some 2.82 million cubic meters of rainwater was collected in reservoirs around Taiwan from midnight to 4 p.m. that day.
According to WRA Deputy Director-General Wang Yi-feng (王藝峰), the timely rain fell in the right places for reservoirs catchment areas, and is therefore expected to partly replenish them. There is still a long way to go before the long-term drought issue can be resolved, however, the official said.
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2021/04/26 12:52 Nanhua Reservoir. Nanhua Reservoir. (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) A weather front from southern China on Sunday (April 25) is estimated to have delivered enough rainfall to provide 670,000 cubic meters of water to a major reservoir in southern Taiwan but many other reservoirs are still at critically low levels, according to the Water Resources Agency (WRA). The country continues to suffer from water shortages as it deals with its worst drought in 56 years. On Sunday, a weather system from southern China brought enough precipitation to pour 670,000 cubic meters of water into Tainan s Nanhua Reservoir, though nearby Tsengwen Reservoir and other reservoirs in central and southern Taiwan failed to receive significant rainfall.
Taipei, April 25 (CNA) The arrival of a wet weather system brought rainfall to drought-stricken areas of northern and southern Taiwan from early Sunday, but the sporadic precipitation had little impact on drying reservoirs across the country, the Water Resources Agency (WRA) said that day.