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Taiwan typhoon toll could triple as entire village lies buried
SHIAO LIN, Taiwan (CNN) -- The number of people killed in Taiwan by Typhoon Morakot, a destructive storm that swept through East Asia last week, could triple because hundreds of people are feared trapped under mudslides, the president's office said Friday.
The official toll from the typhoon was 118 but could jump to more than 300, with as many as 200 feared buried under five stories of mud in the badly-hit village of Shiao Lin, presidential spokesman Wang Yuchi said.
Rescuers were on Friday trying to determine if the mud was stable enough to bring in excavators to begin searching for bodies.
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'Ominous feeling' as California fire burns unchecked
(CNN) -- Thousands of residents fled ahead of a raging wildfire near northern California's Santa Cruz Mountains, and one man said he had an "ominous feeling" as ashes descended on him.
Helbard Alkhassadeh traveled down the state's scenic Highway 1 between Davenport and Santa Cruz and submitted images of the blaze, named the Lockheed Fire, to CNN's iReport.
"I got to the point where the main plume was going over my head, and it was sprinkling ashes on me," he said. "It's an ominous feeling when you have ashes raining on you. It looks like a nice sunny day, then you drive into it, and it becomes like a volcanic cloud.
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Isn't it a little late in the season for California wildfires? Or is my timing off?
SHIAO LIN, Taiwan (CNN) -- The number of people killed in Taiwan by Typhoon Morakot, a destructive storm that swept through East Asia last week, could triple because hundreds of people are feared trapped under mudslides, the president's office said Friday.
The official toll from the typhoon was 118 but could jump to more than 300, with as many as 200 feared buried under five stories of mud in the badly-hit village of Shiao Lin, presidential spokesman Wang Yuchi said.
Rescuers were on Friday trying to determine if the mud was stable enough to bring in excavators to begin searching for bodies.
(Read the rest at CNN.com)
'Ominous feeling' as California fire burns unchecked
(CNN) -- Thousands of residents fled ahead of a raging wildfire near northern California's Santa Cruz Mountains, and one man said he had an "ominous feeling" as ashes descended on him.
Helbard Alkhassadeh traveled down the state's scenic Highway 1 between Davenport and Santa Cruz and submitted images of the blaze, named the Lockheed Fire, to CNN's iReport.
"I got to the point where the main plume was going over my head, and it was sprinkling ashes on me," he said. "It's an ominous feeling when you have ashes raining on you. It looks like a nice sunny day, then you drive into it, and it becomes like a volcanic cloud.
(Read the rest at CNN.com)
Isn't it a little late in the season for California wildfires? Or is my timing off?