KARUNA SHINSHO, CNN ANCHOR: In Taiwan, rescue workers continue their search for people swept away in flash floods and mud slides from Typhoon Toraji. The death toll from this storm has risen to 72. Peggy Wang has more, from Taipei.</s>PEGGY WANG, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Rescue workers and helicopters comb through mountainous areas in search of the missing. While those efforts continue, most are helping to remove bodies from the mud. One family watches as workers dig out the body of a young girl who was wrapped around a tree trunk and buried three meters under the ground. Though the death toll peaked in the past 24 hours, rescue workers fear that this will be an all-too-common sight in the search for over 100 still missing. Workers and victims' families remain hopeful, but realize the chances are not good, because most of the missing were lost in mud slides and flash floods. This woman lost her parents. She says my parents were buried alive right there. My mother's body was found. My father is still missing. They searched yesterday all day, but haven't found him yet. Another victims' relative says, I am very sad. Many people in our village were killed by the floods. I hope the government will help us rebuild the village. So far, the government is allocating over $40 million in low-interests loans for the repair of homes, and each victim may obtain a loan of up to $57,000. Right now, government and rescue workers are promising not to give up on this search, but at the same time, they fear the worst for the missing. Peggy Wang, for CNN, Taipei.
In Taiwan, Rescue Workers Search for Victims of Typhoon Toraji