400 missing as mudslide hits Taiwan village
Rescue copters unable to land on ground soaked by typhoon
Posted: August 11, 2009 at 5:02 a.m.
A mudslide touched off by a deadly typhoon buried a remote mountain village, leaving at least 400 people unaccounted for Monday, and military rescue helicopters unable to land because of the slippery ground dropped food to desperate survivors.
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