Typhoon-Triggered Slides Kill at Least 14
From Times Wire Reports
Typhoon Toraji swept into Taiwan today, triggering landslides that killed at least 14 people, shut down the capital and threatened the island’s main high-tech industrial park--home to many of the world’s biggest computer chip makers.
Later, the typhoon lost strength and was downgraded to a tropical storm as it whirled toward northern Taiwan along a path forecasters predicted would lead to southern China.
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