Japan Donates Water Level Buoy to Taiwan
The Japanese government has donated a water level observation buoy to Taiwan as part of disaster relief aid.
The buoy will monitor the water level of a barrier lake in Hualien, eastern Taiwan, which overflowed due to heavy rain caused by a super typhoon in September.
The flood resulted in 19 deaths and 5 missing people in downstream communities.
- The Japanese ministry provided the domestically made water observation instrument.
- The instrument can be dropped from a helicopter.
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A handover ceremony was attended by Kazuyuki Katayama and Su Jia-chyuan, representatives of Japan and Taiwan respectively.
Author's summary: Japan donates buoy to Taiwan.