Taiwan earthquake rescuers face threat of landslides, rockfalls as death toll at 12
Hualien, Taiwan Reuters Rescuers in Taiwan faced the threat of further landslides and rockfalls in their search on Friday for a dozen people still missing from this week’s earthquake, as the death toll rose to 12 and some of the stranded were brought to safety. Searchers discovered two more bodies after Wednesday’s quake of magnitude […]
Resilient Taiwan responded fast to earthquake after years honing skills
Hualien, Taiwan Reuters When a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan’s scenic and largely rural east coast county of Hualien on Wednesday, local official Chang Tung-yao knew exactly what to do, having experienced a similar temblor six years before. Within two hours of the quake, which struck just before 8am as people were getting ready for […]
Taiwan earthquake injuries top 1,000, missing hotel workers found
Hualien, Taiwan Reuters The number of people injured in a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in eastern Taiwan climbed past 1,000 on Thursday though the death toll remained steady at nine, with dozens workers on their way to a hotel in a national park mostly now found safe. The temblor, the strongest in 25 years, hit on […]
Train crash kills 48 in Taiwan’s deadliest rail tragedy for decades
Hualien, Taiwan Reuters A Taiwan express train with almost 500 aboard derailed in a tunnel on Friday, killing at least 48 passengers and injuring 66 in the island’s worst rail disaster in almost four decades. Images from the scene showed carriages in the tunnel ripped apart by the impact, with others crumpled, hindering rescuers in […]