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Quake Rattles Taiwan as Typhoon Aid Arrives

By Mat Probasco,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 17, 2009 4:43 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Disaster-weary Taiwanese were shaken awake this morning as a strong earthquake rattled the island still recovering from its deadly typhoon, reports Reuters. No casualties or damage was immediately reported after the 6.7 tremblor struck about 116 miles off Taiwan's east coast at 8:05 am—just hours after the first foreign Typhoon Morakot aid shipments arrived.

Taipei taxi drivers were helping race supplies—plastic sheeting for make-shift houses, food, and water purification tablets—from the city to the hardest hit rural areas. Rescue crews were struggling to reach more than 1,000 people still stranded a week after the storm, which killed some 500 people. President Ma Ying-jeou offered a second apology for the slow response to the disaster

Soldiers load provisions for typhoon victims stranded in southern Taiwan to a rescue naval vessel in eastern Taiwan. Typhoon Morakot dumped more than 80 inches of rain on the island.
Soldiers load provisions for typhoon victims stranded in southern Taiwan to a rescue naval vessel in eastern Taiwan. Typhoon Morakot dumped more than 80 inches of rain on the island.   (AP Photo/Taiwan Military News Agency)
A mother feeds her child in an emergency center in Chiatung after they were evacuated from a flooded area where Typhoon Morakot hit.
A mother feeds her child in an emergency center in Chiatung after they were evacuated from a flooded area where Typhoon Morakot hit.   (AP Photo/Taiwan Military News Agency)
Taiwanese people carry supply goods for victims to the the flooded village of Maolin, southern Taiwan, following Typhoon Morakot.
Taiwanese people carry supply goods for victims to the the flooded village of Maolin, southern Taiwan, following Typhoon Morakot.   (AP Photo)
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cochiserocks
Aug 17, 2009 9:51 AM CDT
Wow - Taiwan must be like hell on earth right now - Typhoons AND earthquakes. Hope things quieten down for them soon.

 
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