TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Rescuers have found the bodies of more than 100 people killed after an appartment block in Taiwan collapsed during an earthquake one week ago, emergency services said on Saturday. Only three residents of the Wei-kuan complex in the southern city of Tainan remained unaccounted for as emergency services drew close to completing their search, after rescuing hundreds of people from the ruins. The death toll now stands at 114 with 550 injured, […]
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Rescue efforts continue as night falls in Taiwan
(Reuters) — After hours of searching for quake survivors amongst the rubble of a 17-storey collapsed building in southern Taiwan, five people were still missing on Saturday (February 6) as darkness fell. A powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Tainan at around 4 a.m. on Saturday (2000 GMT Friday, February 5), the start of a Lunar New Year holiday. At least eight people were killed. Buildings in nine other locations in the city of 2 […]





