Taiwan typhoon survivors rescued over raging river
Posted: August 14, 2009 at 4:14 a.m.
A survivor stands Thursday in front of a destroyed house in Liugui, a village flooded over the weekend by Typhoon Morakot in southern Taiwan.
Terrified survivors of Typhoon Morakot were pulled to safety along cables slung across a raging river as criticism mounted Thursday over Taiwan's response to the flash floods that five days earlier killed dozens of villagers.
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