Taiwan prepares national search-and-rescue team after Nepal-Tibet flood

ICE BREAK: An event recorded as a quake was in fact seismic energy generated by the collapse of glacial rock and ice, the US Geological Survey said Staff writer, with CNA, AP and Reuters Add TT as Preferred Source Taiwan has prepared its national search-and-rescue team to travel to Nepal, officials said yesterday, a day after a catastrophic and deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high swept through communities along the Nepal-China border following a glacier collapse.The government on Wednesday ordered the national special search-and-rescue team and rotating units from Tainan, Hsinchu City and Chiayi County to prepare for departure, National Fire Agency Director-General Hsiao Huang-chang (蕭煥章) said.Although Taiwan has yet to receive a request for help, the national special resc