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Archive Home > 2009 > August > 15 > Taiwan’s leader says typhoon toll may hit 500

Taiwan’s leader says typhoon toll may hit 500

By Andrew Jacobs / The Bulletin
August 15, 2009

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan " President Ma Ying-jeou of Taiwan said Friday that the death toll from Typhoon Morakot, which pummeled the island with three days of rain last weekend, would probably reach 500, far higher than the 117 confirmed deaths announced the day before.

During his address to a....

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