A mudslide touched off by a deadly typhoon buried a remote mountain village in Taiwan, leaving at least 400 people unaccounted for, while a massive landslide in China toppled seven apartment buildings, an official said today.Typhoon Morakot slammed Taiwan over the weekend with as much as 80 inches of rain before crossing the Taiwan Strait and hitting China, where it triggered a massive landslide in Pengxi, a town in Wenzhou city of eastern China’s Zhejiang province, destroying seven three-story apartment buildings at the foot of a mountain late Monday.
Iraq: Deadly truck bombings
A double truck bombing Monday in Mosul and blasts in Baghdad brought the Iraqi death toll to more than 100 in four days, the worst spasm of violence the country has suffered since U.S. forces left the cities. The attacks in Mosul killed 28 people Monday and 44 on Friday. Another 22 Iraqis, mostly day laborers, died in two bombings in Baghdad on Monday.
Japan: Two strong temblors
A powerful earthquake hit Tokyo and nearby areas shortly after dawn today, halting trains and forcing two nuclear reactors to shut down for safety checks. More than 30 people suffered minor injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey said another, unrelated quake with a 7.6 magnitude hit the Indian Ocean about 160 miles (257 kilometers) north of Port Blair in India’s Andaman Islands. A tsunami watch was called.
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