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Monday, August 17, 2009
Morakot
Taiwan Typhoon Morakot
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1033758&lang=eng_news Pictures from BGJD website! Typhoon Morakot dumped nearly 3,000 mm of rain -- half a year's or two-thirds of a year's rainfall in many places in Taiwan -- in just four days from midnight Aug. 6 to 4 a.m. on Aug. 10. in certain parts of Taiwan, swelling rivers that washed away bridges and triggering landslides that buried entire villages. ![]() The storm killed at least 126 people across Taiwan and left 45 injured and 60 others unaccounted for as of 5 p.m. Monday. But the figure on the number of people killed does not include the nearly 400 people believed to have been buried in Siaolin Village, Kaohsiung County by a mudslide and those buried in other villages whose bodies have not yet been uncovered. ![]() ![]() ![]() The official number of missing also does not include around 100 people from Siaolin who still could not be contacted, including children who study in the cities. President Ma Ying-jeou has said the total death toll could be more than 500. Labels: life |