Official says 400 unaccounted for in Taiwan storm

An estimated 400 Taiwanese are unaccounted for after a mudslide spawned by Typhoon Morakot struck their isolated mountain village.

An estimated 400 Taiwanese are unaccounted for after a mudslide spawned by Typhoon Morakot struck their isolated mountain village,a police official said on Monday,and a newspaper quoted a resident as saying as many as 600 were buried.

Morakot dumped up to 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. Earlier it had struck the Philippines,leaving at least 22 dead.

It has now been downgraded to a tropical storm. Speaking to The Associated Press,a Taiwanese police official who identified himself by his surname,Wang,said about 100 people have been rescued by military helicopter or avoided last morning’s mudslide in southern Shiao Lin village. One of the rescued villagers,Lin Chien-chung,told the United Evening News that he believes as many as 600 people were still buried by the mud.

“The mudslide covered a large part of the village including a primary school and many homes,” he was quoted as saying. “A part of the mountain above us just fell on the village.” Taiwan’s official death toll from Morakot stands at 14. Another 51,not including the people in Shiao Lin,are listed as missing.

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