Festivals canceled, forest parks closed as typhoon approaches

Several festivals were canceled and all of Taiwan's forest parks were closed on Tuesday due to the threat from Typhoon Matmo, which is expected to dump extremely heavy rains on Taiwan over the next two days.

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