盧碧加速遠離 降雨趨緩 十月 24, 2009
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（中央社記者汪淑芬台北24日電）中央氣象局觀測，輕度颱風盧碧今天下午行進速度加快，離台灣愈來愈遠，颱風外圍雲系帶來的降雨也跟著趨緩。但受東北季風影響，明天北部和東北部的天氣仍不穩定。
氣象局說，盧碧下午位置在鵝鑾鼻東方約490公里海面上，以每小時20公里速度，朝北北東轉東北行進，對台灣的影響將漸趨緩。
氣象局分析，盧碧速度加快，主要是颱風北轉，位置移到中緯度後，有明顯的西風帶導引氣流，推著颱風往東移動。
氣象局統計，今天降雨比昨天少很多，從0時到下午5時，台北縣的雙溪、坪林、三峽及宜蘭大同出現大雨，最多的是雙溪泰平60毫米。
氣象局預測，明天北部、東北部天氣仍不穩，但主要是受東北季風影響。981024
Rain to wane as Tropical Storm Lupit moves off 十月 24, 2009
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Taipei, Oct. 24 (CNA) Rainy weather in northern and eastern Taiwan is expected to gradually wane over the next few days as Tropical Storm Lupit moves farther away, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) forecast Saturday.
As of Saturday morning, the storm was centered 420 km southeast of Eluanbi, Taiwan’s southernmost tip, moving north-northeast at 7-11 kph, the CWB said.
Due to Lupit’s peripheral effects and the northeast monsoon, showers were expected in northern, northeastern and eastern regions Saturday, the bureau said, adding that there is a chance of downpours in northern and northeastern parts.
However, the rainfall will moderate from Sunday, the bureau said.
(By Wang Shu-fen and Y.F. Low)
Central News Agency
2009-10-24 12:32 PM
Storm drifts away from Philippines 十月 24, 2009
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Tropical Storm Lupit drifted away from the Philippines on Saturday after a week of zigzagging across the rain-soaked north, allowing residents who had been evacuated to return to their homes.
The erratic direction of Lupit _ meaning cruel in Filipino _ had baffled forecasters. The typhoon was expected to ram into northeastern Cagayan province Friday, but weakened into a tropical storm and stayed offshore.
It was the third successive storm in a month to threaten the region. Authorities shepherded at least 2,500 people to seek shelter following back-to-back typhoons in late September and early October that killed nearly 1,000 people, most of them buried in mudslides.
On Saturday, Lupit moved further northeast of the Batanes islands in the country’s northernmost tip. It was still packing winds of up to 59 miles (95 kilometers) per hour and gusts of up to 75 mph (120 kph).
Government forecaster Manny Mendoza said Lupit may be out of Philippine territory and closer to southern Japan by late Sunday.
Northern provinces enjoyed sunny but partly cloudy weather as Lupit drifted away.
Lt. Col. Ernesto Torres, spokesman of the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC), said residents who were evacuated to pre-empt casualties were being told they may go home. Relief and rescue units were being pulled out, with operations terminated Saturday morning, he said.
Melchito Castro, regional head of the Office of Civil Defense in Cagayan, said some of the displaced people began going home Saturday from schools and village halls that were used to house them.
『It’s such a relief,』 Castro told The Associated Press. 『Imagine for a week we were waiting for what would happen _ whether it would make landfall or not.』
About 20 typhoons slice through the northern Philippines each year during the June to December rainy season.
By TERESA CEROJANO
Associated Press
2009-10-24 02:46 PM
Tropical storm Lupit brings flooding to Ilan 十月 24, 2009
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Tropical storm Lupit caused flooding across Ilan County yesterday despite being downgraded from a typhoon.
The Central Weather Bureau confirmed the storm would move away from the Philippines and Taiwan in a northeasterly direction toward Japan, though it warned torrential rain was still expected to hit the south, east coast and north of the island.
The bureau still did not issue sea or land warnings for Taiwan yesterday, despite expectations it would have done so by then. Considering the storm’s new route, land warnings were increasingly unlikely, forecasters said.
Despite the storm’s slow progress, rain caused flooding in Ilan City, causing traffic problems. In the Ilan County township of Toucheng, 250 teachers and students at a school were forced to move to other classrooms as the first floor was flooded.
Taipei’s Shuanghsi area recorded the most rainfall, 400mm for the period from Thursday morning to yesterday afternoon or 274mm for the first 14 hours of Friday. During the same period, Toucheng in Ilan County recorded 267mm and Pinglin in Taipei County 219mm.
More than 300 people left Green Island for Taitung yesterday morning ahead of a suspension of ferry services between the two from 10:00 a.m. until the end of the weekend, reports said. More remote Orchid Island ordered all schools and offices closed yesterday.
Lupit was originally thought to move across the Northern Philippines in the direction of China, but Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau was the first to suggest it could stay above the Philippines and then make a right turn to move northeast toward Japan..
Yesterday afternoon, the eye of the storm was located more than 400km southeast of Taiwan’s southern tip and moving north-northeast at a slow speed of 6km to 9km an hour, forecasters said.
Taiwan News, Staff Writer
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2009-10-24 12:00 AM
Weather forecast for the Asia-Pacific region 十月 24, 2009
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Tropical storm activity over the Western Pacific will relax on Sunday. Typhoon Lupit will continue to lose strength and start to take a northerly turn. It will decrease to a tropical storm with winds gusting up to 73 mph (117 kph), and is expected to continue producing strong storms with periods of heavy rainfall over the South China Sea and the northern Philippines. To the east, flow around Lupit will create a warm front that will extend to southern Japan. This will push light and scattered showers over Tokyo.
South of this system, Neki continues spinning west of Hawaii. Landfall is not expected and the system will continue to lose strength as it moves over cooler waters. Tropical storm strength winds with gusts up to 73 mph (117 kph) are anticipated with wave heights near 15 feet (4.5 meters).
In China, high pressure dominating the country’s weather will allow for warm, dry and mild weather on Sunday. In South Korea, Seoul may see a few clouds as moisture moves in from the south, but rain is not expected. In Australia, a trough of lower pressure will develop over the east and pull abundant moisture in from the Pacific Ocean, triggering scattered showers and thunderstorms in Sydney. The rest of the country will remain warm and dry as high pressure dominates the weather.
Associated Press
2009-10-24 11:21 AM
豪雨特報持續 颱風掉頭雨勢漸緩 十月 24, 2009
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（中央社記者汪淑芬台北24日電）中央氣象局今天上午持續發布北部及東北部豪雨特報，氣象局表示，輕度颱風盧碧已朝北北東移動，雨勢會逐漸減緩。
氣象局觀測，盧碧清晨位置在鵝鑾鼻東南方420公里海面上，以每小時7公里轉11公里速度，朝北北東行進。
氣象局說，台灣今天受颱風外圍雲系及東北季風影響，北部、東北部及東部地區有陣雨，特別是北部及東北部地區仍有豪雨機會，但雨勢會逐漸減緩。
氣象局預測，今天桃園以北降雨機率達70%、宜蘭90%，明天仍會降雨，雨勢會更緩和。
降雨影響，北部、東北部較涼，氣象局預報白天高溫攝氏24度到25度、東部27度到28度、中南部29度到30度。
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Tropical storm Lupit brings flooding to Ilan 十月 23, 2009
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Tropical storm Lupit caused flooding across Ilan County yesterday despite being downgraded from a typhoon.
The Central Weather Bureau confirmed the storm would move away from the Philippines and Taiwan in a northeasterly direction toward Japan, though it warned torrential rain was still expected to hit the south, east coast and north of the island.
The bureau still did not issue sea or land warnings for Taiwan yesterday, despite expectations it would have done so by then. Considering the storm’s new route, land warnings were increasingly unlikely, forecasters said.
Despite the storm’s slow progress, rain caused flooding in Ilan City, causing traffic problems. In the Ilan County township of Toucheng, 250 teachers and students at a school were forced to move to other classrooms as the first floor was flooded.
Taipei’s Shuanghsi area recorded the most rainfall, 400mm for the period from Thursday morning to yesterday afternoon or 274mm for the first 14 hours of Friday. During the same period, Toucheng in Ilan County recorded 267mm and Pinglin in Taipei County 219mm.
More than 300 people left Green Island for Taitung yesterday morning ahead of a suspension of ferry services between the two from 10:00 a.m. until the end of the weekend, reports said. More remote Orchid Island ordered all schools and offices closed yesterday.
Lupit was originally thought to move across the Northern Philippines in the direction of China, but Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau was the first to suggest it could stay above the Philippines and then make a right turn to move northeast toward Japan..
Yesterday afternoon, the eye of the storm was located more than 400km southeast of Taiwan’s southern tip and moving north-northeast at a slow speed of 6km to 9km an hour, forecasters said.
Southeast Asia launches human rights body 十月 23, 2009
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Southeast Asian nations, attempting to grapple with economic integration and human rights abuses, began their annual summit yesterday with nearly half the region’s leaders missing the opening ceremony.
The three-day Association of Southeast Asian Nations conference was due to launch a pivotal but sharply criticized human rights commission and discuss how best to achieve economic integration by 2015. It also will include talks with the leaders of Asia’s major powers, including China and India.
The leaders of Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines did not arrive in time for the opening. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is hosting an official visit by South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, Indonesia is swearing in a new government and Malaysia’s government was presenting its budget to Parliament, said Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya.
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was running late due to Typhoon Lupit, the third storm in a month due to hit the Philippines, her spokeswoman Lorelei Fajardo said.
Intergovernmental body
One of the first orders of business will be the inauguration of the Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights, which activists say will do little to deter human rights violators like ASEAN member Myanmar because it imposes no punishments and focuses on promotion rather than protection of human rights.
ASEAN officials respond that the commission is a work in progress and can be strengthened in the future.
They say that that agreement on human rights standards is difficult within a grouping that includes two communist states, two kingdoms, a sultanate and military-ruled Myanmar.
Members of the 10-nation bloc have recently escalated their criticism of Myanmar. But the summit again acted by consensus, avoid confrontations and maintain that the group’s approach to engaging Myanmar works better than the West’s sanctions and threats.
Declaration
The summit will also sign a declaration on climate change and discuss food security, bio-energy, disaster management and how trade barriers can be brought down to bring about a European Union-style grouping within the next six years.
Opening the conference, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said ASEAN was fully committed to economic integration but warned that 『the task ahead will not be easy.』
Year 2015 and beyond
『What we need to do is to collectively set a clear vision of what we want to achieve in the year 2015 and beyond. We have to start thinking about a new approach in the way we do things. In this increasingly globalized era, we no longer have the luxury of time,』 he said.
The bloc will then meet with leaders of China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand.
Thailand has deployed more than 36,000 military and police both in Bangkok and to guard the seaside summit of Asian leaders.
They work to prevent any repeat of the disruptions that shut down another meeting earlier this year, an official said Thursday.
The government is still smarting from the storming of the East Asian Summit in April in the coastal city of Pattaya, where anti-government protesters charged through thin police ranks and forced the evacuation of several leaders by helicopter and boat.
A main protest organizer said no new demonstrations are planned this week in Bangkok or at the summit venue, the beach resort of Cha-am, 200km south of the capital.
About half of the security forces mobilized have thrown a security cordon around this summit venue.
The others will be on alert in the Thai capital, said government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn.
He said 20 newly bought bulletproof SUV’s will chauffeur leaders to their meetings.
『Security forces have also set up emergency escape routes by land, air and sea,』 he said.
『We don’t expect it to be necessary but we want to be ready and to assure leaders that they will be able to meet without distraction.』
Security forces have also been empowered to impose curfews and restrict freedom of movement around Cha-am and Bangkok.
Thailand has been rocked by years of protests and counterprotests by supporters and opponents of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a 2006 military coup on accusations of corruption, abuse of power and disrespect to the country’s monarch.
Erratic typhoon weakens, keeps Philippines on edge 十月 23, 2009
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Typhoon Lupit weakened into a tropical storm Friday after zigzagging around the rain-soaked northern Philippines and living up to its name _ meaning cruel in Filipino _ by keeping weary residents on edge and forecasters guessing.
The third successive storm in a month has been hovering for several days near the coast and inland mountains, sending thousands to seek shelter following two back-to-back typhoons that killed nearly 1,000 people, most of them buried in dozens of mudslides.
Lupit’s erratic direction baffled forecasters and frustrated the local media who kept predicting its landfall every day. The weather bureau said in a nationally televised briefing Thursday evening that Lupit would ram into northeastern Cagayan province early Friday.
But as of late Friday, the tropical storm was almost stationary northeast off Cagayan, packing winds of up to 65 miles (105 kilometers) per hour and gusts of up to 81 mph (130 kph).
Prisco Nilo, the head of the weather bureau, said Lupit was expected to remain almost stationary for the next 12 hours, causing rains, strong winds and possible storm surges along the Philippines’ northern tip.
Authorities said it was slowly drifting northward and may even spare the country.
『It may instead hit Taiwan, or it may not hit Taiwan and go straight to Japan, but its too early to say,』 chief forecaster Nathaniel Cruz said.
After crawling for the last two days, Lupit barreled on course to hit shore, then stalled again Friday due to two high-pressure areas that sandwiched it from the South China Sea in the west and the Pacific Ocean in the east, each pulling the storm in its direction, Cruz added.
Typhoons usually slice through the northern Philippines from the Pacific and exit through the South China Sea. The archipelago nation, known as the welcome mat for typhoons, gets about 20 a year during the rainy season from June to December.
Despite losing strength, Lupit was still a dangerous system that could drench the north of the main island of Luzon on the heels of the worst flooding in the Philippines in 40 years.
Tropical Storm Ketsana on Sept. 26 inundated much of the capital, Manila, and nearby areas, including the country’s largest Lake Laguna, killing 464 people. It was followed by Typhoon Parma, which unleashed mudslides along the Cordillera mountain range Oct. 3, leaving 465 dead.
For the past week, army troops and disaster-relief officials have ferried tons of canned food and clothes and moved rubber boats and helicopters along the coast and the interior.
At least 1,500 residents living along the Cagayan River and its tributaries were moved to high ground, said provincial Gov. Alvaro Antonio. Another 1,000 people left their homes in Appari township, including some 200 after a wave surge collapsed a 65-foot (20-meter) high sea wall in San Antonio village early this week.
防範盧碧颱風 馬總統提示宜蘭模式 十月 23, 2009
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（中央社記者李佳霏台北23日電）盧碧颱風路徑怪異，但對台灣仍有威脅。總統馬英九在防颱準備會議要求把握超前部署、預置兵力與隨時防救的原則，要把上次芭瑪颱風的「宜蘭模式」適用在防颱工作上。
馬總統下午在總統府主持落實執行防颱準備工作會議，包括行政院長吳敦義、副院長朱立倫、內政部長江宜樺等人與會。
馬總統說，氣象局報告顯示，盧碧颱風路徑很怪異，也許需要一點時間才能完全摸清未來方向，目前看起來似乎對台灣的影響稍低，但希望大家不要掉以輕心。
他要求相關部會應在準備工作上，把握超前部署、預置兵力及隨時防救的原則；上次芭瑪颱風就是在這樣情況下，儘管宜蘭降下大雨，也撤離500多人，但未發生任何死傷，希望「宜蘭模式」能在其他颱風來襲時適用。
馬總統表示，這幾天是關鍵，政府各部會應注意氣象動態，並督導各自責任區，並請朱立倫做好統籌工作，災害防救一定是地方負責、中央支援，中央會是地方的後盾。
