Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou (R) comforts the mother of a pilot who was killed in a helicopter crash during a rescue mission evacuating flood survivors to safety in Fengshan, Kaohsiung County, southern Taiwan, August 16, 2009. Slow-moving Typhoon Morakot, Taiwan's worst in 50 years which triggered widespread landslides with record rainfall from Aug. 7-9, has killed an estimated 500 people. [Agencies]