Taiwan quake: Aftershocks briefly rattle buildings as rescuers search for 6 still missing
An Australian-Singaporean couple and a mother and her two young children are among those still unaccounted for after the April 3 quake.
An Australian-Singaporean couple and a mother and her two young children are among those still unaccounted for after the April 3 quake.
Rescue team members found two more bodies after the quake struck the sparsely populated, largely rural eastern county of Hualien on April 3, stranding hundreds in the Taroko…
According to Taiwan authorities, the couple, who carried Australian passports, had boarded Taroko Gorge tour bus which reached its destination, but the two alighted halfway…
Authorities said all of the 340 stranded are judged to be safe with access to food and water, though they were cut off after massive boulders damaged roads and blocked tunnels.
As some 50 aftershocks rattled the area overnight, rescuers said about 400 people cut off in a hotel in the Taroko Gorge National Park were safe, with helicopters ferrying out the…
The Straits Times correspondent Yip Wai Yee reports from Hualien, the epicentre of the powerful earthquake that struck Taiwan on April 3.
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The island’s vulnerability has led to the implementation of strict building codes to ensure that its infrastructure can withstand earthquakes, as well as an early warning system…
Shelters have also been set up in parks and schools as dozens of military, police officers, and firefighters dismantle and clear ruins.
While those trapped in buildings in Hualien City have all been rescued, rescuers are still searching for those cut off in the gorges, including dozens of hotel employees at a…