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Reporter describes Taiwan rescue op

About 700 people missing in southern Taiwan after Typhoon Morakot have been found alive, say army officials.

The BBC's Alaistair Leithead is at the main rescue control centre in Chishan where survivors are being flown - he describes the scene

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