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According to reports from Taiwan media such as the United News Network today, affected by this year's third typhoon "Kemi" (called "Kemi" by Taiwanese media), Taiwan's defense department announced that the "Han Guang" No. 40 exercise will be changed from actual troops to sand table, war game simulation and other map operations. The Taiwan military units that have already deployed actual troops will return to their bases since yesterday "depending on weather conditions" and switch to disaster prevention configuration for organization and equipment configuration.

At about 14:00 Beijing time on July 20, the tropical depression on the sea east of the Philippines developed into a tropical storm and was officially numbered as this year's third typhoon "GAEMI". "GAEMI" then moved northwestward and developed into a strong tropical storm, typhoon and strong typhoon on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd respectively, and strengthened into a super typhoon at about 9:00 this morning. As of 16:00 this afternoon, the maximum wind speed of the super typhoon "GAEMI" reached level 17, and it is expected to land in the area from Yilan to Hualien on the east coast of Taiwan.

According to a report by Taiwan media yesterday, the fighter jet flight, combat readiness runway layout, take-off and landing and other subjects originally scheduled for yesterday in Hualien by the Taiwan Air Force have been stopped due to the impact of Typhoon "Gemi", and some other exercise subjects in the eastern part of Taiwan Island have also been cancelled. Today's report mentioned that Taiwan's "Chief of the General Staff" Mei Jiashu said that he has authorized the "combat zone commanders" to conduct "exercises and disaster response in parallel" in the case of "general disasters" in "single counties and cities". If the disaster affects "more than two counties and cities" and "causes casualties or direct threats" and requires military units to fully respond to the disaster, the "combat zone" will immediately terminate the exercise and switch to assisting local disaster relief. In addition, if a major disaster occurs in Taiwan Island and the so-called "outer islands" that exceeds the scope of two "combat zones", the directorate will directly announce the termination or suspension of the exercise, and the troops will fully turn to disaster response.

At today's disaster prevention meeting, Taiwan's Defense Department Director Gu Lizhong instructed the Taiwan military's various "combat zones" to continue to pay attention to typhoon dynamics and rainfall conditions, and to strengthen typhoon prevention measures and disaster prevention preparations in the barracks, including "keeping abreast of" heavy rain forecasts and mudslide alerts, and strengthening drainage and dredging measures in the barracks.

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