Taiwan News
Date: 2016-09-28
By: Wendy Lee, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Three people in southern Taiwan’s Kaohsiung City were reportedly buried alive in a sudden landslide on Tuesday triggered by typhoon Megi. Police units and emergency services have rushed to the scene upon receiving a call from neighbors, media reports said.

Typhoon Megi, the third severe storm to strike Taiwan in two weeks, battered the island with torrential rains and damaging winds on Tuesday, leaving four people dead, 527 injured, and over 1 million households without power, according to the figures released by the Central Disaster Emergency Operation Center (CDEOC).

Three people, including an elderly couple and their son, were reported missing and feared buried alive after a landslide engulfed their two-story home located in Kaohsiung’s Yanchao District.

The collapse of the building was reported by the victims’ neighbors, who said that the landslide has completely destroyed the ground floor of the building.     [FULL  STORY]