Affected by the easterly wind today (15th), the western half of Taiwan is located in the leeward area, with poor diffusion conditions and easy accumulation of air pollutants.

(Taken from the Air Quality Monitoring Network of the Environmental Protection Agency)

[Reporter Chen Jiayi/Report from Taipei] People in the central and southern regions should pay more attention to air quality!

Affected by the easterly wind today (15th), the western half of Taiwan is located in the leeward area, with poor diffusion conditions and easy accumulation of air pollutants.

Many places in the Yunjianan and Gaoping areas are on orange alerts, and the Daliao Air Testing Station in Kaohsiung has a red light.

The Air Security Department of the Environmental Protection Agency has issued an early warning for empty products since this morning. At 11:00 in the morning, one-third of the measuring stations in the Yunjianan and Gaoping empty product areas have reached the primary warning, and Taipower has been notified to reduce load and reduce emissions.

At 1:00 p.m., the air security office reported again that the 24-hour average value of PM2.5 at many stations in the central and southern regions had reached the primary warning, including: Lunbei of Yunlin County, Xingang of Chiayi County, Shanhua of Tainan City and Annan, and Pingtung County Chaozhou, Qianjin, Qianzhen, Linyuan, Renwu, Xiaogang, Fuxing, Fengshan, Qiaotou, Nanzi, etc. in Kaohsiung City.

The 24-hour average value of PM2.5 at Daliao station in Kaohsiung even reached a medium-level warning.

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Because the air quality index in Daliao District of Kaohsiung has reached the "Red Alert", which will affect the health of everyone, the Environmental Protection Agency specifically reminds all ethnic groups in Daliao District to reduce outdoor activities; while many places in the southern area have orange alerts , Sensitive groups should also reduce strenuous outdoor activities.

The air quality index of Daliao District in Kaohsiung has reached the "Red Alert", which will have an impact on everyone's health.

(Taken from the Air Quality Monitoring Network of the Environmental Protection Agency)