Taiwan mudslide survivors found（在线收听） |
| People from several villages are said to have made it to higher ground before mud and rock engulfed their homes. Among the survivors （幸存者）found by rescue teams are 200 from Hsiaolin village, reports the Taiwan Central News Agency. However, despite frantic rescue efforts in Hsiaolin and elsewhere since the weekend, hundreds of people are still missing, feared buried under the mud. See map of storms in East AsiaMilitary helicopters have been ferrying villagers out of communities cut off by the storms and floods after roads and bridges were washed away. "We have found around 700 people alive in three villages last night and 26 more this morning. We are deploying 25 helicopters to evacuate them," said Maj Gen Richard Hu, a senior official in the rescue effort. The typhoon struck Taiwan at the weekend, killing at least 60 people and causing the worst flooding in 50 years. 'Save my village' The BBC's Cindy Sui at Chishan in rural southern Taiwan, the centre of the rescue effort, says the authorities fear that hundreds more people could still be trapped. 'Washed away by the typhoon' In pictures: Storms lash East AsiaEyewitness: Pacific stormsIn Hsiaolin alone, rescue workers said about 100 were unaccounted for as of Tuesday and thought possibly to have been buried alive. Our correspondent says family members from surrounding areas have been converging on Hsiaolin, demanding that helicopters（直升机） be sent to their villages too. Some are carrying signs that read, "Save my village". The search for survivors has been a slow process as the only way in and out of the villages is by helicopter, our correspondent （对应）adds. The BBC's Alastair Leithead, also at the Chishan rescue base, says a high school playing field has become a landing pad for helicopters, and ambulances are lining the running track to ferry the injured to hospital. Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou is expected to visit the area soon to inspect the scale of the devastation and the rescue effort. Deadly pathMorakot lashed Taiwan with at least two metres (80in) of rain over the weekend, catching the authorities off guard in a region used to typhoons. Typhoon Morakot has caused at least $225m (?135m) in agricultural damage, while nearly 30,000 houses are still without power and 750,000 homes without water, according to the latest estimates from officials. The storm also hit mainland China, where about 1.4 million people were evacuated from coastal areas, eight people died in flooding and up to 10,000 homes were destroyed. In the town of Pengxi in China's eastern province of Zhejiang, a landslide toppled seven older houses, reportedly killing two people. Meanwhile in Japan, another seasonal storm, Typhoon Etau, caused floods and landslides that have killed at least 15 people since the weekend and left a dozen missing. About 1,000 people spent Tuesday night in shelters and 4,600 households were without water, officials said.（本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑） |
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