Village missing after landslide - TW

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The Yihsing section of the No. 120 County Highway in Hsinchu, which has been virtually washed away by Typhoon Aere. The torrential rains brought by Aere, and the resultant flooding, damaged many roads in the Aboriginal townships of Chienshih and Wufeng in Hsinchu County.

PHOTO: TSAI MENG-HSIANG, TAIPEI TIMES
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A landslide triggered by Typhoon Aere buried a mountain village in northern Taiwan yesterday, with the fate of at least 20 residents unknown, the government's disaster relief center said.

Witnesses who escaped the landslide in Wufeng village in the northern county of Hsinchu told local authorities they saw about 24 homes being buried. Officials said the villagers had been told to evacuate before the typhoon arrived.

"We told the villagers to evacuate before the typhoon hit but it is not clear whether they have evacuated," an official at a disaster relief center said by telephone.

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