Mainland sends 2nd batch of relief supplies

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As Taiwan battles the aftermath of Typhoon Morakot, a second shipment of disaster relief supplies also arrived in Kaohsiung at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. An Air China cargo plane carrying 10,000 sleeping bags, 10,000 blankets and 1,000 sterilizing machines landed in Kaohsiung late on Tuesday afternoon.

The relief supplies were gathered by Tianjin, Shandong and Jiangsu in just two days. As they left Beijing airport on Tuesday, the director of the CPC Taiwan Work Office, Wang Yi, said the mainland will do all it can to provide relief to Taiwan.

Earlier in the day, 100 prefab homes arrived in southern Taiwan by sea from Shenzhen. The Shenzhen municipal government said another 900 prefab homes would be built as quickly as possible. The death toll from Typhoon Morakot in Taiwan has reached 127, with 45 injured and 307 missing.