After liberation, false typhoons are approaching. Disaster Prevention Office: Northeast monsoon will be strengthened to prevent disaster-causing heavy rains.

The strong typhoon Qiangbi continues to approach. The Executive Yuan Disaster Prevention and Control Office held a pre-information assessment meeting for Typhoon Qiangpi today (21st). The Disaster Prevention Office stated that the period of typhoon impact coincides with the intensification of the northeast monsoon. From the 23rd to the 24th, the northern, northeastern, Yilan and Hualien regions must be especially prepared for local heavy rain or torrential rain. Executive President Toh Wing-tai will also oversee a meeting of the Central Disaster Response Center for Typhoon Qiangbi at 11:30 tomorrow after concluding the meeting.

The Disaster Prevention Office said that based on the latest information analysis from the Meteorological Administration, Typhoon Qiangbi is expected to be closest to Taiwan from the 23rd to the 24th. Although the possibility of the typhoon center directly landing in Taiwan is reduced, its intensity and scope cannot be underestimated, and there is still uncertainty about its movement path and northward turn time. In addition, the period of the typhoon's impact coincides with the intensification of the northeast monsoon. The typhoon's peripheral circulation and the northeast monsoon may interact, increasing the risk of sustained heavy rainfall in the north and northeast. Especially from the 23rd to the 24th, the northern, northeastern, Yilan and Hualien regions must be especially prepared for local heavy rains or torrential rains.

The Disaster Prevention Office pointed out that it has asked the Central Meteorological Administration to continue to monitor the typhoon's path, intensity, and changes in wind and rain. In particular, based on the interaction between the typhoon's peripheral circulation and the northeast monsoon, it has strengthened its research and judgment on possible rainfall hot spots, accumulated rainfall and duration, and provided it to central and local disaster prevention units on a rolling basis. The Ministry of the Interior is also requested to supervise local governments to complete preparations in advance according to wind and rain forecasts and disaster potential, open disaster response centers in a timely manner, improve the response level, and implement disaster situation investigation and notification and designate warning areas when necessary. Disaster prevention warning cell broadcast messages (CBS) can be used in accordance with relevant regulations to remind the public to avoid disasters as soon as possible.

The Disaster Prevention Office said that considering that the period affected by the typhoon coincides with the eve of consecutive holidays, it has requested the Ministry of Transportation to strengthen its understanding of the transportation situation of railways, roads, sea and air shipping, and outlying islands, strengthen inspections and monitoring of disaster-prone highways, mountainous roads, bridges, and slope facilities, and plan early warning closures and alternative roads. If there are road closures, train suspensions, flight suspensions or other transportation changes, relevant information should be announced as soon as possible, and traffic movement and diversion measures should be taken in advance to facilitate people to adjust their itineraries as soon as possible.