Typhoon Qiangbi brings strong winds, and more than 4,000 households in New Taipei are still without power. Power will be restored tonight.

Typhoon Qiangpi caused damage to New Taipei City. New Taipei City Mayor Hou Youyi went to the Disaster Response Center today (25th) to pay attention to the progress of power restoration in various places. Hou Youyi said that all 805 disaster cases reported during the typhoon have been closed. For the remaining approximately 4,085 households without power, Taipower has mobilized all personnel to invest in emergency repairs. It is expected that all power will be restored this evening. The city government will continue to monitor the disaster situation and emergency repair progress, so that citizens' lives can return to normal as soon as possible.

Hou Youyi pointed out that the winds and rains of Typhoon Qiangbi were strong, especially in the north coast area, where strong winds blew for two consecutive days, causing many cables and wires to fall or be crushed by fallen trees, causing a total of nearly 50,000 households in New Taipei City to lose power. Taipower has been making every effort to repair the problem in the past few days. Currently, power supply has been restored to 45,587 households, leaving only about 4,085 households without power, concentrated in areas such as the northeastern corner and the north coast that have yet to be restored.

Regarding the remaining power outage areas, Chen Juhu, director of Taipower's Keelung District, said that Taipower has mobilized for emergency repairs for three consecutive days. In addition to deploying 25 support work shifts with a total of 176 people, plus the mobilization of the entire Keelung District Office, a total of 318 manpower has been mobilized for emergency repairs. In terms of power restoration schedule planning, power supply is expected to be restored on the North Coast and most power outage areas before 5 pm today, and all emergency repairs in Ruifang, Shuangxi and Gongliao districts are expected to be completed before 7 pm today.

Hou Youyi affirmed and thanked the Taipower team for their hard work. During the holidays and typhoons, Chen Juhu led Taipower colleagues to stick to their posts, brave the wind and rain, and risk their lives to connect the affected citizens with electricity in a short period of time. It was admirable. Currently, the Economic Development Bureau and Taipower continue to be stationed at the Disaster Response Center to coordinate and track the final stage of emergency repairs.

In addition to power repairs, Hou Youyi also expressed his sincere gratitude to the frontline disaster prevention, relief and recovery partners for the rectification of the city environment after the typhoon. He also thanked the National Army brothers, fire fighters, volunteer firefighters, police, district offices, environmental protection bureau cleaning teams and other related units for staying on the front line during the typhoon and the post-disaster recovery stage, from disaster management, road cleaning to power repairs, and fully protecting the lives and property of New Taipei citizens.