Taiwan rescuers battle thick mud to look for missing from Super Typhoon Ragasa


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  • Friday, 26 Sep 2025

Residents clean up a shop covered in mud following flooding brought by Super Typhoon Ragasa in Hualien, Taiwan, September 26, 2025. REUTERS/Ann Wang

HUALIEN, Taiwan (Reuters) -Rescue workers in Taiwan battled through thick mud on Friday, looking for seven people still missing after Super Typhoon Ragasa this week sent a wall of water into a small town on the east coast.

The number killed in the flooding rose by one to 15, the fire department said.

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