Affected by the weakening of the northeast monsoon, the air product diffusion conditions in the south of the central region are poor.

(Taken from Air Quality Monitoring Network)

[Reporter Chen Jiayi/Taipei Report] Pay attention to the air quality when traveling during the Lantern Festival!

Affected by the weakening of the northeast monsoon, the conditions for the spread of empty samples in the south of the central region are poor. Today (5th), many areas in the south are alerted in orange, and 5 empty sample stations in Kaohsiung are even lit up with "red alerts".

In addition, because today is the Lantern Festival, there will be fireworks and other celebrations in various places. The Environmental Protection Agency also reminds that the concentration of air pollution is likely to rise in a short period of time.

The Environmental Protection Agency stated that the northeast monsoon has weakened today and the cloudy and rainy area in South China has moved eastward, and the environmental wind field has turned to the easterly. accumulated pollutants.

The air quality in the downwind area of ​​Kaohsiung is the worst, including Cianjin, Qianzhen, Xiaogang, Fuxing, and Fengshan, all of which have red warnings, which will affect the health of everyone; and Tainan and Pingtung also have many air quality. The station lights up in orange to remind that the main pollutants are PM2.5.

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The Air Security Division of the Environmental Protection Agency has notified Taipower to reduce load and reduce emissions.

Taipower Corporation said that under the condition that the power supply of the system is safe, it will carry out the load reduction and emission reduction plan according to today's power supply situation.

Since today is the Lantern Festival, there will be fireworks, bee cannons and other celebrations in various places, and the concentration of air pollution will easily rise in a short period of time. The Environmental Protection Agency also reminds the public to remember to wear masks and pay more attention to air quality when going out.

According to the air quality monitoring results, air quality areas in Zhumiao, Yilan, and Huadong, as well as Matsu, Kinmen, and Penghu are rated as "good"; air areas in the north and central areas are rated as "average"; air areas in the south of Yunjiao are in "orange alert" ” level; the high-screen empty product area is at the “red warning” level.