TAIPEI - Typhoon Maria, the eighth typhoon of the year, has halted work and classes in Taiwan.The typhoon is forecast to bring strong winds and downpours to Taiwan from Tuesday night to Wednesday morning, local meteorological authorities said.As of 3 pm Tuesday, Maria was moving westerly and northwesterly in the waters off Yilan county at a speed of 30 km per hour. Authorities in Taitung county observed sea waves up to 7 meters high on Tuesday morning.Strong rain has hit the island as the typhoon approached, and strong gusts of wind are predicted in mountainous areas of Taipei.Meteorological authorities have issued warnings about downpours in areas including New Taipei city, Keelung, Taipei, Taoyuan, Yilan and Taichung.The typhoon also affected transportation, with trains halted and flights canceled. customise fidget spinnercharity braceletsrubber wristbands
QINGDAO - Chinese research vessel Kexue successfully collected a deep-sea probe from the South China Sea Monday, which brought back 186 gigabytes of first-hand data. The probe was put in a cold seep at a depth of 1,130 meters in the northern part of the South China Sea in early September last year. Over the past year, it has collected 186 gigabytes of high quality data and video. The data is important to analyze the evolution, transformation and ecological relations of the biotic community in the cold-seep ecosystem, according to scientists with the Institute of Oceanology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
