Taiwan places soldiers, evacuates residents to brace typhoon August 22, 2012 - 21:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Taiwan on Wednesday, Aug 22 placed 48,000 soldiers on standby and evacuated 300 villagers areas as Typhoon Tembin bears down on the island, AFP reports. The move comes after the Central Weather Bureau warned the public to "take special precaution against landslides and flash floods and stay away from low-lying areas as Typhoon Tembin is expected to bring heavy rains". Tembin was expected to make landfall early Friday morning, later than the bureau's previous forecast, as it slowed down the past few hours, said the official. She added that the route of its movement might also be affected by Bolaven, another typhoon around 1,400 kilometers east of Taiwan. As of 6:15 pm (1015 GMT), Tembin was 320 kilometers (200 miles) east of Taitung, a coastal city in the east where weather forecasters said may bear the brunt of the approaching typhoon. With a radius of 180 kilometers and packing winds gusting at up to 144 kilometers an hour, the typhoon was moving west-northwest at six kilometers per hour. Partner news  Top stories Jorge Rafael Videla, an austere former army commander, led Argentina during the bloodiest days of its Dirty War dictatorship. According to the United Nations, April was Iraq's bloodiest month for almost five years, with 712 people killed. Reports suggest the rebel fighters may have tried to blow up the walls of the prison, which holds some 4,000 inmates. Moscow has condemned other nations for supporting rebel forces and failing to condemn what it describes as terrorist attacks on the Syrian regime.   Partner news |  Latest news Artsakh President attends Berdzor town 21st anniv. liberation events  Bako Sahakyan noted the liberation of Berdzor town as an important military, political and psychological victory.Weekly digest of foreign currency deals Deals amounting to USD 12,800,000 at an average price of 416.75 /USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia.200 Azeri ceasefire violations reported May 12-18 200 ceasefire violations by the Azeri armed forces were reported at the line of contact between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan.Serzh Sargsyan reelected as Armenian Chess Federation president Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan was reelected to the post of the president of RA Chess Federation for 4 more years. |
