Rescue attempts too slow, say isolated Taiwanese villagers

LIUKUEI, Taiwan: Hundreds of villagers fled their homes minutes before a flood-created lake burst yesterday.

It came as the Taiwanese military deployed thousands more troops to rescue and deliver supplies to survivors from remote villages devastated by last weekend's typhoon.

But many villagers complained the government was too slow to mobilize the rescue and cleanup effort, saying more victims could have been saved if they had moved sooner and faster.