9 Dead, 23 Missing After Typhoon Hits Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) – Record rains from a powerful typhoon caused massive landslides in Taiwan that buried a Buddhist temple and trapped vehicles on a highway, where one bus carrying 19 Chinese tourists was missing Friday. The mudslide at the temple killed nine people, and a total of 23 people were missing in Taiwan as Typhoon Megi swept toward southern China, where landfall was expected later Saturday. The storm earlier killed 26 people and damaged homes and crops in the Philippines. Megi dumped a record 45 inches (114 centimeters) of rain in Taiwan’s Ilan county over 48 hours. It had winds of 90 miles per hour (145…
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