Vehicles were swept off roads and people were stranded as the storm hit
Three people have been killed in Taiwan by a landslide triggered by Typhoon Megi, the powerful storm that struck the Philippines earlier this week.
Six more are missing after the torrent of mud buried a temple in the coastal town of Suao.
Teams are also searching for a bus carrying Chinese tourists that was travelling along a road hit by landslides.
These landslides stranded 400 drivers - about 70 have been airlifted to safety.
Others are walking or being taken by bus through a section of the road cleared by rescuers.
At least 26 people were killed when Typhoon Megi crossed the northern Philippines.
The storm is now heading for south China's Fujian province, where flights have been cancelled, fishing vessels recalled to port and more than 100,000 people evacuated from low-lying areas.
In Taiwan, rescue teams were digging through mud at the White Cloud Buddhist temple in Suao city in search of six people believed to be trapped.
A search was also under way in Ilan county for a bus carrying 19 Chinese tourists on a road hit by multiple landslides and reported to have collapsed in one place.
Officials were helping to evacuate about 400 other people trapped on the road.
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