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'Hundreds lost' in Taiwan typhoon China landslide crushes buildings
(about 4 hours later)
Hundreds of people are feared dead in Taiwan after Typhoon Morakot triggered a mudslide that buried an entire village on the south-west coast. At least six apartment blocks have collapsed following landslides in eastern China, trapping an unknown number of people, state media reports.
Officials said about 600-800 people are missing in Shiao Lin village after part of the mountain collapsed on sleeping villagers' homes on Monday morning. Officials say they have managed to pull six people alive from the rubble in the town of Pengxi in Zhejiang province.
Most of the dead are thought to be the elderly and children. The landslides were triggered by heavy rains caused by Typhoon Morakot, which has swept across parts of East Asia.
Elsewhere in Taiwan, the number of confirmed deaths is 37, with 35 injured and 52 missing, officials said. Meanwhile in Taiwan, hundreds of people are feared dead after a mudslide caused by the typhoon buried a small village.
Typhoon Morakot dropped some 2m (80in) of rain on Taiwan this weekend, causing the worst flooding in decades.
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Morakot weakened to a tropical storm early Monday and is now lashing south-eastern China. 'One second'
A million people have been evacuated from their homes in China and six deaths have been reported - including four in Zhejiang province, and two others in Fujian and Jiangxi provinces. Chinese reports say it was 2230 local time (1430 GMT) on Monday when the landslide hit Pengxi, near Wenzhou city.
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A witness told Chinese television it took "one second" for the mud and rocks to engulf the four-storey apartment buildings.
The BBC's Quentin Sommerville says six or seven apartment blocks with an estimated 28 families in each are buried in the rubble, so the death toll is expected to rise.
Xinhua reports that the rescue operations are being hampered by the large amounts of debris that have fallen onto them.
Morakot weakened to a tropical storm early Monday, but it has still been lashing south-eastern China with heavy rain.
Over a million people have been evacuated from their homes and six deaths have been reported - including four in Zhejiang province, and two others in Fujian and Jiangxi provinces.
State news agency Xinhua said hundreds of villages and towns had been flooded and more than 2,000 houses and buildings had collapsed.State news agency Xinhua said hundreds of villages and towns had been flooded and more than 2,000 houses and buildings had collapsed.
Deadly path
Before ploughing into China, Typhoon Morakot dropped some 2 metres (80in) of rain on Taiwan this weekend, causing the worst flooding in five decades.
Some 600 people are feared buried in the Taiwanese village of Shiao Lin
Rescue operations resumed on Tuesday morning to find survivors from a mudslide on Sunday in the south-western mountain village of Shiao Lin that buried about 600 people.
The BBC's Cindy Sui, who is in the area, says about 50 people have been rescued and another 150 found alive elsewhere in the village.
Helicopters were dropping food and trying to air-lift survivors from the village, where roads have been washed away, and power and water supplies cut.
Elsewhere in Taiwan, the number of confirmed deaths is 38, with dozens more injured and missing, officials said.
Morakot also dumped heavy rains in the north of the Philippines, killing at least 22 people last week.
In Japan, Typhoon Etau - packing winds of up to 108km (67 miles) an hour - has set off flash floods and landslides that have killed at least 12 people.In Japan, Typhoon Etau - packing winds of up to 108km (67 miles) an hour - has set off flash floods and landslides that have killed at least 12 people.
It is forecast to hit the Tokyo area on Tuesday, amid nationwide warnings of heavy rain and landslides.It is forecast to hit the Tokyo area on Tuesday, amid nationwide warnings of heavy rain and landslides.
Buried village
Taiwanese television earlier reported that about 200 homes in Shiao Lin village were buried by mud.
Rescue efforts have been complicated as many of the roads leading to Shiao Lin have been washed away and the unstable ground makes it difficult for rescue helicopters to reach the area.
"I could hardly believe my eyes," rescuer Su Shen-tsun told AFP news agency.
"The whole village disappeared and even roofs of the houses could not be seen."
The typhoon also cut power and water supplies, brought down bridges and railway lines, and cut telephone communications.
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Shiao Lin is home to 1,300 residents, but most working-age people were thought to be away in the nearby cities.
The BBC's Cindy Sui, in Cishan village, some 40km (25 miles) away, says about 50 people had been rescued and another 150 found alive in another part of the village.
Our correspondent says many of those rescued said their family members were still trapped inside.
Under grey skies, military helicopters were dropping food to those below and looking for survivors.
In another incident in south-eastern Taiwan, an entire six-storey hotel - empty at the time - collapsed into the raging waters.
Before ploughing into Taiwan, Morakot dumped heavy rains in the north of the Philippines, killing at least 22 people last week.
Typhoons and tropical storms are frequent in the region between July and September.Typhoons and tropical storms are frequent in the region between July and September.
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