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A baby is saved in China
A baby is saved in China

Baby saved in China storms

10 Aug 2009


A crying baby is carried to safety by a rescuer after Typhoon Morakot struck Taiwan.

More than one million people had to flee to safety as the typhoon hit China's eastern coast.

One child died and hundreds of people are missing in the storms.

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