Morakot victims remembered in southern Taiwan
(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2010-08-09 10:16 |
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A villager guards flickering candles during a commemorative ceremony for last year’s Morakot victims at a playground in Hsiaolin village, Kaohsiung county in southern Taiwan, Aug 8, 2010. Typhoon Morakot ravaged Taiwan from Aug 7 to 9 in 2009, triggering the worst flooding and mudslides in the area in half a century. About 400 died from mudslides that almost engulfed the whole Hsiaolin village. [Photo/Xinhua] |
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