Tue, August 11, 2009
Typhoon Morakot slammed into Taiwan and eastern China on the weekend, leaving 14 people in Taiwan dead, 32 injured and about 450 others unaccounted for, according to government statistics. At least 25 people were killed in the Philippines and six more in China before Morakot weakened to a tropical storm.
Twenty-six villagers rescued from Siaolin village in southern Taiwan's Kaohsiung County by military helicopters today estimated there are still 300 to 400 people who remain unaccounted for and may be trapped in their homes under tons of mud, rocks and debris. Authorities expect the death toll to rise as search and rescue teams do their work.
