Taiwan: Typhoon Morakot

Semalam dpt call from Faiz..Faiz bgtau Taiwan kena taufan teruk..bangunan runtuh, banjir, ramai yang terbunuh & juga hilang..aku mmg terkejut sgt, tak sangka btul sbbnye aku dh 2,3 hari la juga tak tgk berita..Thomas pn tak de bgtau ape2 plak..risau jg ni sbb aku akan ke Taiwan 20hb Ogos nih, hopefully aku selamat la di sana nnti..

Taufan Morakot telah melanda Taiwan & juga China..

TAIPEI 10 Ogos - Sekurang-kurangnya 14 orang disahkan terbunuh manakala 400 lagi dipercayai hilang di Taiwan hari ini selepas Taufan Morakot menyebabkan banjir terburuk di negara ini dalam tempoh separuh dekad. Polis Taiwan berkata, dianggarkan seramai 400 orang hilang akibat tanah runtuh selepas Morakot melanda perkampungan pergunungan bahagian pedalaman negara itu.

Sementara itu, laporan akbar yang memetik daripada sumber penduduk tempatan pula melaporkan seramai 600 orang telah tertimbus dalam runtuhan tersebut. Pasukan tentera turut berusaha menyelamatkan beribu-ribu lagi penduduk yang terputus hubungan ekoran jambatan runtuh atau air sungai deras selepas taufan mencatat rekod dengan jumlah hujan sebanyak 2.5 meter padu sebelum menuju ke perairan tanah besar China.

Kira-kira 32 orang lagi cedera apabila Morakot yang bermaksud zamrud dalam bahasa Thai membawa tiupan angin kencang dan hujan lebat, menggendalakan perkhidmatan kereta api dan lalu lintas jalan raya serta menyebabkan jambatan runtuh.

Di selatan dan tengah Taiwan, hujan lebat menyebabkan banjir besar dan tanah runtuh, terutamanya di daerah Pingtung, iaitu tempat beribu-ribu penduduk terperangkap. Di daerah Kaohsiung pula, jambatan runtuh menyebabkan perhubungan ke perkampungan terpencil yang didiami 1,300 penduduk terputus.

For more information:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32352683/ns/weather/
http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2009&dt=0811&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Luar_Negara&pg=lu_04.htm

Updated map showing the areas most affected by Typhoon Morakot. At least 42 people died and scores more were reported missing Monday after typhoons battered East Asia, as parts of the region experienced their worst weather in half a century.

Updated map showing the areas most affected by Typhoon Morakot. At least 42 people died and scores more were reported missing Monday after typhoons battered East Asia, as parts of the region experienced their worst weather in half a century

Debris and floodwater caused by Typhoon Morakot surround buildings and a destroyed section of road in Taimali, southeast Taiwan, on Monday.

An aerial view of the flooded village of Shao Lin inflicted by Typhoon Morakot is seen in southern Taiwan's Kaohsiung county.

A collapsed bridge and homes lay in a rushing river in Taimali, Monday Aug. 10, 2009, in southeastern Taiwan's Taitung county. Taiwan's official death toll from Typhoon Morakot stands at 14, with another 51 missing, not including an estimated 400 Taiwanese unaccounted for after a landslide struck an isolated mountain village