There was recently a typhoon that hit Taiwan and China. There are at least 376 total that are known to be dead, which was more than predicted/estimated. With that many dead, there are still at least 254 bodies missing and 46 who are injured. Emergency services have also said that they found 60 human limbs which were not counted in the number of dead people.
Kaohsiung county was definately hit the hardest. They have 308 people dead, 207 missing, and 13 injured with one that is in critical condition. Taiwan had 123 dead. Typhoon Morakot consisted of 102 inches on Taiwan on August 8. It moved to the mainland of China the next day. Taiwan's president apologized many times for not responding sooner to the disaster. He also apologized for the resue effort failing with heavy rains grounded the helicopters during the first few days after the storm, which delayed the relief efforts. The president of Tawain stated that the storm damages (buildings, homes, roads and farms) will cost a total of around $3 billion dollars.
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