Typhoon Pummels Taiwan

LAMPUKUNING- 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 (August, 10)
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. Earlier it had struck the Philippines, leaving at least 22 dead.
Speaking to The Associated Press, a Taiwanese police official who identified himself by his surname, Wang, said about 400 people are still unaccounted for after Sunday morning's mudslide in Shiao Lin village. He said about 100 people have been rescued by military helicopter or avoided the slide. [AP/GILLIAN WONG/SHINO YUASA]