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Taiwanese residents walk through a flooded street after Tropical storm Kalmaegi struck the area, in Gangshan, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan, Friday, July 18, 2008. Tropical storm Kalmaegi lashed southern Taiwan with torrential rains Friday, triggering flash floods and landslides. Rampaging waters killed at least seven people and washed six others away. (AP Photo) TAIPEI, Taiwan - Tropical storm Kalmaegi churned along the Chinese coast Saturday, after leaving 13 dead in heavily populated Taiwan and its president scrambling to explain the island's apparent lack of preparedness in the face of the devastation. President Ma Ying-jeou, faced with the first major natural disaster since his May 20 inauguration, blamed the lack of preparedness for the storm on the Central Weather Bureau, which he said provided inadequate warning to the... [read full story]
