Up to 100 crew members on more than a dozen boats from China, Vietnam and Cambodia were missing off the south of China on Saturday in rough seas caused by tropical storm Goni, state press said.
- Rescue vessels and helicopters have been dispatched off Hainan Island with over 20 vessels in trouble, local maritime officials told Xinhua news agency.
- China Central Television said that at least one fishing boat has sunk in the storm.
- The tropical storm has worsened as Typhoon Morakot to the east lashed Taiwan and approached China's southeastern coast, the report said.
- One person was killed and four were missing in Taiwan as Typhoon Morakot battered the island with powerful winds and downpours, rescuers said Saturday.
- The typhoon is expected to make landfall in China later Saturday.
- In Taiwan, financial markets were shut and flights cancelled on Friday as Typhoon Morakot approached the island unleashing powerful winds and heavy rain.
Source: AFP
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