The number of victims following the 7.4 magnitude earthquake that hit Taiwan two days ago has risen to 12. The wounded have exceeded 1,100, while more than 10 are missing.
Meanwhile, rescue operations continue, adopting the utmost caution due to the risks associated with further landslides and rock falls, while searches are underway for around a dozen people who are missing.
More than 50 aftershocks were recorded overnight, signaling that the phenomenon could last several days. Nine people have been freed from a popular tourist cave called the “Tunnel of Nine Turns” in Taroko National Park. In the city of Hualien, however, workers began demolishing the Uranus Building, the 10-story building that tilted at a 45-degree angle after half of its first floor collapsed due to the tremor. The operations could last two weeks.
(Unioneonline/ss)