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CWS situation report: East Asia storms
13 Aug 2009 20:01:00 GMT
 Source: Church World Service
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Medical personnel evacuate children by a military helicopter from a landslide affected village after Typhoon Morakot swept parts of Taiwan.
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Medical personnel evacuate children by a military helicopter from a landslide affected village after Typhoon Morakot swept parts of Taiwan.
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August 12, 2009

Situation A series of typhoons and storms in recent days have affected parts of China, Taiwan and the Philippines.

Typhoon Morakot has killed some 70 people in Taiwan, prompting mudslides in the southern part of the island; hundreds remain missing, and Morakot has caused at least US $275 million in crop damage. Morakot also killed 23 in the Philippines and eight in China, Reuters reported; the rains in China toppled some 10,000 dwellings.

Meanwhile, another storm, Tropical Storm Etau, affected other parts of East Asia; rains caused the deaths of 13 people in Japan, Reuters reported.

Response CWS will respond as needed upon requests from partners in the region. CWS partners are determining if they will respond to these disasters.

For further information about disasters to which Church World Service is responding please visit www.churchworldservice.org or call the CWS Hotline, (800.297.1516).




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A handout from the Taiwan Military News Agency shows soldiers surveying the area to build a temporary bridge on a riverbed covered by a mudslide following Typhoon Morakot in Taitung County, ...


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