It’s often too easy to overlook the news reports of natural disasters, since there seem to be so many all the time. In a week that had a 6.9 earthquake in Japan on Sunday, followed by another 6.4 in Japan on Tuesday,, a 7.6 earthquake in the Indian Ocean minutes later, you may have missed that Typhoon Morakot hit Taiwan last Saturday before moving on to the rest of Asia. Since the American TV news hasn’t covered Morakot as much as Chinese language stations, you may have missed the devastating footage of the landslides or the footage of the 6 story hotel toppling over into the flood waters. Morakot has done more damage in Taiwan than the other natural disasters in Asia. It’s estimated 62 have died, and over 10,000 left homeless. If you’re looking for a way to help out, the TaiwaneseAmerican.org website has compiled a list of agencies providing support to victims of the typhoon.
8/14/09 11:30PDT Update – 121 dead and hundreds missing in Taiwan feared buried under mudslides
