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Typhoon Qianbi brought strong winds, causing large-scale power outages in several administrative districts in Taichung City.
Typhoon Qianbi in Taichung affected 29,000 households without power. Taipower restored power to all households at 8 p.m. today.
Affected by the strong winds brought by Typhoon Qianbi, nearly 29,000 households in Taichung City were left without power. Taiwan Central District Office pointed out that after mobilizing 323 people to make emergency repairs today, vehicles were unable to move forward on the narrow roads in the Lishan area. Taipower personnel had the idea to borrow local people's motorcycles and successfully repaired the line fault points. By 8 p.m., all households with power outages had been repaired.
Typhoon Qiangbi brought strong winds. In the past two days, 28,794 households in Taichung were without power. The main power outage areas were concentrated in Taiping, Waipu, Shengang, Beitun, Shalu, Tanzi, Fengyuan, Qingshui, Nantun, Longjing, Dongshi and Hehe. The Taiwan Central District Office pointed out that it has mobilized all-out emergency repairs for the past two days and will continue to mobilize self-operated work today 49 323 people in the class and 141 vehicles of various types were put into emergency repairs, and worked together to overcome the wind and rain, poor weather and poor visibility. In the Lishan area, the road was narrow and vehicles could not reach it. Colleagues from the construction department borrowed motorcycles from local people and successfully advanced to inspect and repair the lines to find the accident point. All power users had their power restored at 8 p.m.
Taiwan's Central District Office pointed out that if there are still sporadic power outages in areas where power has been restored, please use Taipower's customer service hotline 1911 to inform them of the power outage's address and contact information, so that Taipower's 24-hour standby repair personnel can repair the power as quickly as possible.
Taipower once again reminds that after the typhoon, if you find that power lines have fallen or been exposed, or if there are smoke, strange noises, sparks, or other abnormal phenomena from electrical equipment, the public is advised not to approach, pick up, touch, or move them on your own. You should report it to Taipower immediately to protect your own safety.

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