Taiwan Mudslide

Dalai Lama Pushes For Democracy In Typhoon-Hit Taiwan

AP | PETER ENAV | Posted 10.16.2009 | World


SHIAO LIN, Taiwan — The Dalai Lama exhorted Taiwan on Monday to safeguard its democracy, interspersing prayers for the victims of Typhoon Morako...

Typhoon Morakot: 2 Taiwan Ministers Offer To Quit Over Government's Slow Response

nytimes.com | MARK McDONALD | Posted 09.19.2009 | World


HONG KONG -- The defense minister and the head of the cabinet in Taiwan reportedly offered to resign Wednesday as the government continued to reel und...

Taiwan Typhoon Kills 500: President

AP | PETER ENAV | Posted 09.14.2009 | World


CISHAN, Taiwan — Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou sharply raised the expected death toll from Typhoon Morakot on Friday to more than 500, amid m...

Shiao Lin Mudslide: Taiwan Military Rescues Some 300 Typhoon Victims, 400 Still Unaccounted For

AP | PETER ENAV | Posted 09.11.2009 | World


CISHAN, Taiwan — Military helicopters ferried stricken villagers to safety Tuesday from remote Taiwanese communities hit by Typhoon Morakot that...

Police: 400 unaccounted for in Taiwan mudslide

AP | PETER ENAV | Posted 09.10.2009 | World


TAIPEI, Taiwan — A mudslide touched off by a deadly typhoon buried a remote mountain village in Taiwan, leaving at least 400 people unaccounted ...

Typhoon Morakot Spawns Mudslide In Taiwan, Burying Hundreds In Debris (SLIDESHOW)

Associated Press | ANNIE HUANG | Posted 09.10.2009 | World


TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A typhoon-spawned mudslide engulfed a mountain village in southern Taiwan, burying up to 600 people, a police official and a rescued...