Police official says 400 unaccounted for in Taiwanese village hit by typhoon

August 28th, 2009 TAIPEI - Taiwan's decision to overlook an angry Beijing and invite the Dalai Lama to visit the victims of typhoon Morakot was aimed at pacifying the wrath of southern Taiwanese, the Christian Science Monitor reports. In December, President Ma Ying-jeou had said that "the timing wasn't appropriate" for Tibetan spiritual leader's visit to Taiwan.

August 25th, 2009 Taiwan seeks to prevent epidemics after floodingTAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwanese authorities scrambled to disinfect villages Tuesday that were flooded in the worst typhoon to hit the island in 50 years after four soldiers helping with the cleanup were confirmed to have swine flu. The soldiers developed fevers and nausea after working in villages in Pingtung county in the south, said Steve Kuo, head of the Center for Disease Control.

August 14th, 2009 TAIPEI - About 300 people are estimated to have been killed by a massive landslide that wiped out much of a village in southern Taiwan, news agency reports quoted a government official, as saying on Friday. The tragedy is said to have taken place in the village of Hsiao Li.

August 11th, 2009 TV says Taiwan helicopter crashes during rescueTAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwanese TV stations say a helicopter carrying five crew members and a nurse has crashed into a mountain while on a mission to rescue villagers whose homes were destroyed by a powerful typhoon. The reports say the helicopter was spotted lying in a valley after crashing Tuesday.

August 11th, 2009 Taiwan military rescues some 130 from mudslideTAIPEI, Taiwan — TV stations say Taiwan's military has rescued about 130 people whose village has been consumed by a typhoon-spawned mudslide, but there is no word on the fate of hundreds of others buried by the disaster in the island's south. The mudslide touched off by Typhoon Morakot inundated the remote mountain village of Shiao Lin on Sunday, leaving at least 400 people unaccounted for.

August 11th, 2009 Taiwan helicopter crashes during typhoon rescueTAIPEI, Taiwan — An official says a helicopter with three crew aboard has crashed into a mountain while on a mission to rescue villagers whose homes were destroyed by a powerful typhoon. Disaster official Chen Chung-hsien says the helicopter crashed Tuesday in bad weather while flying to Wutai, a mountainous region in southern Pingtung county.

August 11th, 2009 Taiwan military rescues some 260 from mudslideTAIPEI, Taiwan — TV stations say Taiwan's military has rescued about 260 people from the area around a village that was struck by a typhoon-triggered mudslide, but there is no word on the fate of scores of others buried by the disaster in the island's south. The mudslide touched off by Typhoon Morakot inundated the remote mountain village of Shiao Lin on Sunday, leaving at least 400 people unaccounted for.

August 11th, 2009 TAIPEI - A helicopter carrying five crew members and a nurse has crashed into a mountain while on a mission to rescue villagers whose homes were destroyed by a powerful typhoon, reports the China Daily. The helicopter was spotted lying in a valley after crashing Tuesday while flying to Sandimen, a mountainous region in southern Pingtung county.

August 10th, 2009 12 killed, 10 missing as typhoon hits JapanTOKYO —A typhoon slammed into Japan's west coast on Monday, bringing heavy rain that triggered floods and landslides and left at least 12 people dead and another 10 reported missing. Typhoon Etau killed 11 people in Hyogo prefecture, around 310 miles (500 kilometers) west of Tokyo, police official Shigekazu Kamenobu said.

August 10th, 2009 9 killed, 9 missing as typhoon hits JapanTOKYO —At least nine people were killed and nine others missing Monday in western Japan after Typhoon Etau slammed into the country bringing heavy rain that triggered floods and landslides. The typhoon left eight people dead in Hyogo prefecture, police official Shigekazu Kamenobu said.

August 10th, 2009 Mudslide buries 100s in Taiwan mountain villageTAIPEI, Taiwan —A typhoon-spawned mudslide engulfed a mountain village in southern Taiwan, burying schools and homes and hundreds of people under debris, a police official said Monday. Typhoon Morakot dumped up to 80 inches (two meters) of rain on some communities over the weekend before moving on to China, where it forced the evacuation of nearly 1 million people along the east coast.

August 10th, 2009 Official says 400 unaccounted for in Taiwan stormTAIPEI, Taiwan —An estimated 400 Taiwanese are unaccounted for after a mudslide spawned by Typhoon Morakot struck their isolated mountain village, a police official said Monday, and a newspaper quoted a resident as saying as many as 600 were buried. Morakot dumped up to 80 inches (two meters) of rain on some communities over the weekend before moving on to China, where it forced the evacuation of nearly 1 million people along the east coast.

August 10th, 2009 Police: 400 unaccounted for in Taiwan mudslideTAIPEI, Taiwan — A mudslide touched off by a deadly typhoon buried a remote mountain village in Taiwan, leaving at least 400 people unaccounted for, while a massive landslide in China toppled seven apartment buildings, an official said Tuesday. Typhoon Morakot slammed Taiwan over the weekend with as much as 80 inches (2 meters) of rain before crossing the 112-mile (180-kilometer)-wide Taiwan Strait and hitting China.

August 10th, 2009 Typhoon pummels Taiwan; 600 missing in mudslideTAIPEI, Taiwan —A typhoon-spawned mudslide engulfed a mountain village in southern Taiwan, burying up to 600 people, a police official and a rescued villager said Monday. Typhoon Morakot dumped up to 80 inches (two meters) of rain on some communities over the weekend before moving on to China, where it forced the evacuation of nearly 1 million people along the east coast and left at least six dead.

August 10th, 2009 9 killed as Typhoon Etau hits western JapanTOKYO —At least nine people were killed Monday in western Japan in floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain as Typhoon Etau slammed into the country. The typhoon left eight people dead in Hyogo prefecture, police official Shigekazu Kamenobu said.