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The center said Yilan County recorded the highest rainfall in the country between Thursday and Saturday afternoon, at 650 millimeters.

Taoyuan and Hsinchu each saw more than 500 millimeters, while Taipei recorded almost 470.

Thousands of households were temporarily cut off from power or water.

The economic ministry said most of the damage to power lines and water supply was repaired by Saturday night.

Next in political news.

A 49-year-old man has been arrested in Zhongli, Taoyuan, accused of using artificial intelligence to create a fake audio clip smearing the Taipei mayoral candidate Puma Shen.

Prosecutors say the deepfake recording made Shen appear to admit taking kickbacks on United States arms purchases and using drugs.

The clip, labeled as a leaked private recording, spread on threads and Facebook in the final stretch of the campaign.

Taoyuan prosecutors detained the suspect, a man surnamed Cheng, seized his phone and sought his detention on suspicion of spreading false information through a fake voice to damage a candidate.

Shen said his team moved quickly after the recording surfaced, and the DPP has warned that artificial intelligence and deepfake tools are increasingly being used to smear candidates and manipulate the election.

Now to the legislature.

Sadly, the Santa Claus ornament will not make it to this year's Christmas.

Taoyuan and Japan's Narita City celebrated the 10th anniversary of their alliance by holding a children's art exhibition from both cities.

On Wednesday, the program kicked off with an awards ceremony and a subsequent exhibition showcasing the winning artworks and calligraphy, with special themes showing the charm of Taoyuan and Narita.

Taoyuan Mayor Zhang Shanzheng personally handed out the awards, and Narita Mayor Koitsumi Katsunari delivered a message in a video.

The event highlighted the decade-long friendship and exchanges between the two cities.

Taoyuan Elementary School's student music band delivered an engaging performance at the opening of Taoyuan and Narita's 10th friendship anniversary.

On Wednesday, the memorial exhibition kicked off with a ceremony where Taoyuan Mayor Changshan Cheng personally handed out awards for the winning children's artwork.

Narita's Mayor Koizumi Kazunari also recorded a video message for the celebration.

The service allows users to book a driver and vehicle for a set period rather than a single point-to-point trip.

It is only currently available in Taipei, New Taipei, Jilong, Taoyuan, and Hsinchu.

According to Uber, the service operates in partnership with local transport companies and means users can book vehicles for periods ranging from 2 to 10 hours.

Uber says it plans to expand the service to other cities and counties.

Gelsinger is set to co-host a dinner with Hon Hai-che Yang Liu to strengthen exchanges between Silicon Valley companies and Taiwan's tech industry and snap up opportunities in the booming AI market.

It's spooky season and Taoyuan has once again pulled out all the stops for the celebration.

For the first time ever, the Halloween City is collaborating with Peanuts and spans across Taoyuan Arts Plaza, Green 1 Park and Green 2 Park.

The grand opening concert on Monday evening featured a star-studded cast including Wayne Huang and Patrick Braska all gathering to celebrate the holiday.

Globally Loved, Snoopy and Charlie are going on spooky adventures on Taoyuan's Lala Mountain.

What will they get up to? Well, this year's Halloween City, although delayed a little due to Typhoon Champi, kicked off on Monday evening at Taoyuan Arts Plaza, Green 1 Park and Green 2 Park.

Huge crowds of locals and visitors gathered to have some spooky ooky fun with Snoopy.

This year's theme is everyone's favorite Snoopy.

Next in Labour news.

Workers at Micron's Taoyuan plant will walk out for 24 hours starting Wednesday morning after Labour talks over profit-sharing broke down without an agreement.

The union said the US memory chipmaker never produced concrete numbers for a profit-sharing proposal it had promised at mediation sessions, and members will vote on the company's latest offer during the strike.

Now to sports.

few, not just the bright ones, but a whole sky packed with stars, like someone threw glitter across a black blanket.

High up in the mountains of Taoyuan, there is a place called Lala Shan.

On Taiwan's National Day, Lala Shan received a very special award from an organization called the International Dark Sky Association.

Lala

Many animals use the natural darkness of night to move around, to find food, to lay their eggs.

Too much artificial 人造的 light confuses them.

So Taoyuan is working hard to protect the night sky on Lala Shan.

On a clear night on that mountain, you can look up and see the stars.

Next, in political news, members of the KMT Central Committee have launched a petition to expel former Broadcasting Corporation of China chairman Chow Shao-kang from the party after he twice interviewed DPP Taipei mayoral candidate Puma Shen on his television program.

The move has triggered an internal backlash, with the Taoyuan mayor and other KMT county chiefs publicly defending him and calling the expulsion push very unwise.

KMT spokesperson Chen Yi-shin said the party leadership opposes the petition, fears infighting with the nine-in-one elections just over forty days away, and has dispatched officials to mediate privately.

Chow Shao-kang responded by wishing his critics success and demanding that the party's Central Committee state its position.

Organizers are also promoting travel itineraries for people in town for the competition to enjoy all that Taitung has to offer.

Want to see a night sky full of stars? Head over to Lala Mountain in Taoyuan, which was recently designated an official urban night sky place.

The hard-won honor involving retrofitting over 400 streetlights and working with hotels to reduce light pollution.

Now, it's Taiwan's first place to receive the international certification, with further plans underway to incorporate local Atayal culture to create a new and improved ecotourism hotspot.

A canopy of stars twinkles overhead like it's straight out of a storybook, but this dreamy scene is right here in Taiwan on Lala Mountain in Taoyuan.

The area was recently designated Taiwan's first official urban night sky place.

The mayor went to personally accept the honor.

We plan to map out itineraries for our visitors to enjoy nature and experience Atayal culture while also stargazing at night.