Seems one bus with at least 19 on board is missing. While 7 people have been pulled out dead from a house in suao.
Typhoons are killers.
Taiwan has lost EW highway’s eastern part from Lishan to Kukuan to the 921 quake and subsequent later typhoon. Lost the Southern Cross to Morakot. And now the Suao-Hualian has proven its danger once again. Broken until at least mid to end Nov.
I wonder why roads that are known to be dangerous were not closed off as the rains approached? Wouldnt it have been better to have closed the Suao-Hualian a few days ago? Rather then having buses smashed into and people killed. And hundreds having to be rescued? Those people shouldve been put on trains to taipei from hualian instead.
The govt in taiwan has got to wake up. Morakot now results in them being careful bout evacuating remote mountain villages that may be in danger. Now they must learn from this typhoon that certain roads and bridges must be closed as soon as the rains come or a day before at the latest.
And this pic was not of the bus thats missing !
telegraph.co.uk/news/picture … um=twitter