Some 400 people remain unaccounted for in a mountainous village which was struck by a mudslide sparked by Typhoon Morakot, a Taiwanese police official said today.

A TYPHOON pummelled China’s eastern coast yesterday, toppling houses, flooding villages and forcing nearly a million people to flee to safety.

A typhoon slammed into China’s eastern coast today, forcing the evacuation of nearly a million people.

A major typhoon surged towards Taiwan today, closing offices and schools, disrupting transport, and confining millions to their homes as its violent western fringe lashed the island with high winds and heavy rains.