Typhoon Morakot

Hsiao-lin, Taiwan: An entire village is buried under a mudslide triggered by torrential rains Photograph: Reuters

Chiatung, Taiwan: Flooding caused by typhoon Morakot Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Kaohsiung, Taiwan: People ride on an army vehicle as they make their way through floodwaters Photograph: ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images

Pingtung county, Taiwan: A road destroyed by a mudslide Photograph: Reuters

Cangnan, China: Pedestrians wade through a flooded street Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features

Shanghai, China: A man riding his bicycle in the rain Photograph: Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images

Wenzhou, China: Rescuers try to pull a stranded car out of the floodwater Photograph: China Daily/Reuters

Cangnan county, China: Two men row a makeshift raft Photograph: Larry Leung/EPA

Leqing county, China: A man walks along a flooded street Photograph: Xiang Qiong/EPA

Cangnan county, China: A resident transports two girls on a makeshift raft Photograph: Lang Lang/Reuters

Wenzhou, China: A couple make their way through torrential rain Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Shanghai, China: Rescuers try to reach a stranded man Photograph: Reuters

Wenzhou, China: Pedestrians struggle against strong winds Photograph: Reuters

Kaohsiung county, Taiwan: Medical personnel evacuate children by military helicopter from a village hit by a landslide Photograph: Reuters

Changle, China: Residents remove a tree blocking a road Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Chiatung, Taiwan: A woman rests in a temporary evacuation centre Photograph: Patrick Lin/AFP/Getty Images

Chiatung, Taiwan: Evacuees sit on top of a military vehicle as rescuers search a flooded area Photograph: Patrick Lin/AFP/Getty Images

Chiatung, Taiwan: Residents catch fish brought in by floodwaters Photograph: Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty Images

Chihpen, Taiwan: Chin Shuai hotel lies collapsed in floodwater Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Fongshan, Taiwan: Residents catch fish that escaped a fish farm damaged by the typhoon Photograph: Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty Images

Kaohsiung county, Taiwan: A bridge is damaged by floodwaters Photograph: Reuters

Pingtung county, Taiwan: A man trapped by the flooding Photograph: Pichi Chuang/Reuters

Taiwan: Water flows past an embankment near a damaged bridge previously linking Pingtung and Kaohsiung Photograph: Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty Images

Sinfa, Taiwan: An army helicopter passes over head as a resident walks through receding flood waters, six days after flash flooding took the lives of dozens of fellow villagers in the area Photograph: Wally Santana/AP

Sinfa, Taiwan: Taiwan military rescue villagers on an emergency cable sling strung across the Ba Si Lan river five days after flash flooding took the lives of 32 fellow villagers Photograph: Wally Santana/AP

Sinfa, Taiwan: Taiwan military rescue villagers on an emergency cable sling strung across the Ba Si Lan river Photograph: Wally Santana/AP

Taipei, Taiwan: A Taiwanese woman prays for victims during a donation ceremony following Typhoon Morakot Photograph: Chiang Ying-ying/AP

Kaohsiung county, Southern Taiwan: The extent of the mudslide in the mountain area of Kaohsiung county following Typhoon Morakot is shown in this image Photograph: AP

Cishan, Taiwan: A body found in the debris of the floodwaters is recovered. Police said Wednesday that there is no way to know for sure how many people remain buried in the catastrophic mudslide Photograph: Wally Santana/AP

Kaohsiung county, Southern Taiwan: Survivors of the recent floodings look towards a landing helicopter (unseen) in the hope of seeing rescued relatives at the Chishan rescue centre that has been set up for victims of the typhoon Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images