Typhoon TALIM
Emergency Response and Disposal Report
Report by Central Emergency Operation Center
September 1st , 2005 - Updated 07:00 (Report No. 4)
1. Summary of Typhoon TALIM
At 06:00 on September 1st , 2005, the center of Typhoon TALIM, with
250 km radius of wind speed over 15m/s (and 100 km radius of winds
over 25 m/s), was located at 10 kilometers Northeast from Hualien,
moving northwest at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour. The land warning
area includes all parts of Taiwan (including Lanyu and Green Island),
Peng-Hu, Jinmen and Matzu about the strong gust and heavy rainfall. All
the fishing operation in the Taiwan area should take serious precautions.
2. Emergency Response and Countermeasures
(1) Activation of Emergency Response Centers in Counties / Cities
Disaster response centers in all cities/counties and 4 coastal Fire
Agency teams have been activated as first degree. Up to 07:00 on
September 1st, there is no any major damage except some trees and
commercial signs felt off.
(2) Casualty by September 1st, 1 deceased and 24 wounded.
County/city
Taipei City
Tauyuan County
Taichung County
Taichung City
Chunghua County
Tainan county
Total
# of deceased
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
# of wounded
6
1
14
1
2
0
24
(3) Daily necessities (Source: Department of Economics)
Item
Malfunctioned
Restored
Under restoration
Electricity supply
467973
168025
299948
Tap water supply
15000
0
15000
(4) Telecommunities (Source: Department of Transportation)
Item
Fixed-line
(household)
Wireless
(relay station)
Malfunctioned
112
206
(5) Notification of Mountain-Climbing Activity
(Source from National Police Agency, Ministry of the Interior)
Applicant
Already left
Sheltering on
site
On leaving
In contact
Case Person Case Person Case Person Case Person Case Person
164
901
163
895
1
6
0
0
0
0
(6) Allocation of China Fishermen
(Source from the Coast Guard Administration, Executive Yuan)
Number of
Allocation on Board
Number of
Allocation on Shore
Total
2,802
2,407
4,839
(7) Declaration of Warning Zones (Source: County and City
Governments)
County
Number of Declared Warning Zone
Keelung City
19
Taipei County
3
Yilan County
162
Kaohsiung City
1
Kaohsiung County
8
Taitung County
165
Taoyuan County
5
Chiayi City
3
2
Chiayi County
12
Miaoli County
59
Pingtung County
5
Yuanlin County
24
Hsichu City
8
Hsichu County
8
Nantou County
Total 15 Counties
3
485
(8) Evacuation and Shelter
(Source from the Department of Social Affairs)
42 shelter sites have been activated, accommodating 1104 citizens.
Number of Shelter
Number of Citizens
County
Sites
Sheltered
Miaoli
5
70
Hsichu
14
525
Taoyuan
8
209
Taichung
1
7
Taipei
2
92
Nanto
8
116
Chayi
1
28
Huualien
3
57
Total
42
1104
(9) Declaration of Warning Zone for Debris flow
(source from the Council of Agriculture)
There are 408 rivers declared as red warning zones, and 825 rivers
declared as yellow warning zone, in total 1233 rivers under warning.
(10) Transportation Situation (Source: Department of
Transportation)
1. Air Transportation
a. At C.K.S International Airport, some flights were cancelled
before noon.
b. Some of the domestic airline were cancelled before 18:00.
2. Highway Situation
3
# of Disasters
Recovered
Under recovery
Nation wise
Nation-owned
County-owned
Village
City
highway
1
0
1
county highway
1
0
1
highway
0
0
0
highway
0
0
0
road
0
0
0
Total
2
0
2
3. Railroad Situation：all the rail lines were canceled before 08:00 on
September 1st .
(11) Suspension of classes and work on 9/1
Becided Kinmen County, the work and classes were suspended on
September 1st in all the countries and cities.
(Source from Central Personnel Administration)
(12) Civilian Force
Number
Personals
Fire
of Personals
Ambulance Saving Other Firemen Voluntary Police from Other
Other
Vehicle
and Vehicles
Boat Saving
Firemen
Organizations Civilians
Total
688
311
30
10
1759
1062
7027
370
(13) Flooding Area
The intersection on MinSheng Rd. and ChungChen Rd. in Meinong
Town, Kaohsing County is flooded for 30-50 cm.
(14) Others
Four fisher ships in Tanggi Harbor were drifted to the sea due to the
broken of chains. One of the ships (Wenging # 32, staff with 13
crews) was rescued by Lienchiang Fire Department at 07:10.
4
576