Taiwanese rescuers abseiled down a rocky ridge today as they searched for 21 Chinese tourists whose bus is believed to have tumbled off a narrow coastal road last week during a fierce typhoon that lashed east Asia.

TYPHOON Megi has caused the deaths of at least 10 people as it roared across the country’s north and now heads for southern China, authorities in the Philippines said yesterday.

Typhoon Megi has caused the deaths of at least 10 people as it roared across the country’s north and now heads for southern China, authorities in the Philippines said today.

Surging currents swept away 20 people on a bus in central Vietnam today, including a girl ripped from her mother’s arms, while high waters killed 27 others in separate areas as Typhoon Megi loomed offshore.

Typhoon Megi has killed 12 people as it swept across Asia. At least three people died in South Korea and nine in southern Japan.