<p><br /> A rescue operation is underway in Taiwan to free more than 400 people trapped on a highway from landslides triggered by Typhoon Megi.<br /> </p><p><br /> It is thought over 20 people are still missing after more than 20 vehicles became trapped on the 112.1 kilometre mark of the Suhua Provincial Highway.<br /> </p><p><br /> The landslides caused a 500 metres long section of the road to sink by about 20 metres and two of the buses were buried in the landslides.<br /> </p><p><br /> Local media reported that Typhoon Megi was continuing its northward track towards the Taiwan Strait but its strength was weakening.<br /> </p><p><br /> Hong Kong and Southern China are expecting the Typhoon next and began returning fishing vessels to ports and oil terminals.<br /> </p><p><br /> This is thought to be one of the biggest typhoons to threaten the South China coast in years.<br /> </p><p><br /> On the tropical resort island of Hainan, vulnerable to heavy flooding, as many as 200,000 people had been evacuated from low-lying areas along with another 150,000 from the southeastern coastal province of Fujian.<br /> </p><p><br /> Typhoon Megi, which killed 19 people in the Philippines, looks set to make landfall east of Hong Kong at the weekend.<br /> </p>
