The news came as the military rescued 260 villagers from a neighbouring county where a massive mudslide buried a village.Hundreds of people were still missing.

• 这起事故发生前，台湾军方已经从附近一个县里救出了260位村民，大面积的泥石流把该县的一个村庄掩埋，几百人至今仍生死不明。