China and Taiwan Confront Typhoon Amid Flooding Crisis

PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL<br/> <br />At least 200 people are now dead or missing after a week of flooding across a wide area of China.<br/> <br />By Friday At least 26 people had lost their lives in Sichuan province in the south-west.<br/> <br />The China News Service said some 166 others were missing.<br/> <br />Roads and homes have been swept away by flood waters and landslides.<br/> <br />Amateur video shows the devastating power of one landslide in Anxian county.<br/> <br />Ten people are still missing including a local government worker co-ordinating disaster monitoring.<br/> <br />His wife described the scene.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE)(Mandarin) ZHAO XINGCUI, WIFE OF MAN KILLED BY LANDSLIDE, SAYING:<br/> <br />"It sounded like thunder. I jumped out of bed and looked outside, and saw the landslide coming towards us."<br/> <br />Thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes.<br/> <br />Some were helped to safety by rescue teams using makeshift bridges.<br/> <br />In the north-western province of Shaanxi anot