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| About 700 people missing in southern Taiwan after Typhoon Morakot have been found alive, say army officials. | About 700 people missing in southern Taiwan after Typhoon Morakot have been found alive, say army officials. |
| People from several villages are said to have made it to higher ground before mud and rock engulfed their homes. | |
| Among the survivors found by rescue teams are 200 from Hsiaolin village, reports the Taiwan Central News Agency. | Among the survivors found by rescue teams are 200 from Hsiaolin village, reports the Taiwan Central News Agency. |
| Frantic rescue efforts have been ongoing in Hsiaolin and surrounding villages since the weekend to find hundreds of people believed missing. | Frantic rescue efforts have been ongoing in Hsiaolin and surrounding villages since the weekend to find hundreds of people believed missing. |
| "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 military rescue effort. | |
| The typhoon struck Taiwan at the weekend, killing at least 60 people and causing the worst flooding in 50 years. | The typhoon struck Taiwan at the weekend, killing at least 60 people and causing the worst flooding in 50 years. |
| Military helicopters have been ferrying villagers out of communities cut off by the storms and floods. | Military helicopters have been ferrying villagers out of communities cut off by the storms and floods. |
| The storm also hit mainland China, where about 1.4 million people were evacuated from coastal areas and eight people died in flooding. | The storm also hit mainland China, where about 1.4 million people were evacuated from coastal areas and eight people died in flooding. |
| The BBC's Alastair Leithead, at Chishan in rural Taiwan, the centre of the rescue effort, says a high school playing field there has become a landing pad for helicopters. | |
| A line of ambulances are parked in a circle around the running track waiting to ferry the injured to hospital, he says. | |
| Food and water supplies have been brought in and more than 250 survivors have come through in the last few days. | |
| Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou is expected to visit the area soon to inspect the scale of the devastation and the rescue effort. |