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by Michelle Yun Agence France Presse HUALIEN, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwanese rescuers Thursday braved aftershocks coursing through a dangerously leaning apartment block that was partially toppled by a deadly earthquake, as their search for survivors uncovered three more bodies. At least 10 people have now been confirmed killed by the 6.4-magnitude quake that struck the popular eastern tourist city of Hualien on Tuesday — five locals, four Chinese mainland nationals and a woman from the […]
HUALIEN, Taiwan (AFP) — A rookie golden labrador on his first ever mission has won praise for helping Taiwanese search and rescue workers find two people trapped in a severely damaged building following a deadly earthquake. Four-year-old Tie Hsiung, whose name translates to “Iron Hero,” braved dangerous aftershocks on his first field test to search for survivors after a 6.4-magnitude quake struck the popular eastern tourist city of Hualien on Tuesday, killing 10 people. Thanks […]
(Eagle News) — The body of the Filipina who was reported missing after a 6.4-magnitude quake struck Taiwan on Tuesday has been found. Lito Banayo, head of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office, said in an interview over dzbb on Thursday that the body of Melody Castro Albano was discovered at 5:45 p.m. Albano, who is from Abulog, Cagayan, worked as a caretaker in a nursing home in Hualien, the popular tourist city in Taiwan […]
by Michelle Yun Agence France Presse HUALIEN, Taiwan (AFP) — At an elementary school turned shelter in Taiwan’s Hualien city some survivors of a tower block left teetering by Tuesday’s quake were baffled and angry that such a seemingly solid structure had folded with deadly results. Emergency workers on Thursday were still pulling bodies from the 12-storey Yun Tsui apartment block, which was left tottering at a fifty-degree angle when its lower floors pancaked […]
by Michelle Yun and Paul Yang in Hualien with Amber Wang in Taipei Agence France Presse HUALIEN, Taiwan (AFP) — Rescue workers scrambled to search for survivors in buildings left tilting precariously on their foundations in the Taiwanese city of Hualien Wednesday, after an overnight earthquake killed four and injured more than 200. Authorities said they could not verify how many residents were still missing after the 6.4-magnitude quake which hit the popular tourist […]
by Amber WANG / Michelle YUN / Paul Yang Agence France-Presse HUALIEN, Taiwan (AFP) — Rescue workers in the Taiwanese city of Hualien searched for survivors in buildings left tilting on their foundations Wednesday, after an earthquake that killed two and injured more than 200. Authorities said they could not verify how many residents were still missing after the 6.4-magnitude quake which hit the eastern port city late Tuesday, taking out the lower storeys of […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — A hotel on the east coast of Taiwan has collapsed after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake, the national fire agency said, with reports that several other buildings have been toppled with some people trapped. Images on local television showed the Marshal Hotel in Hualien slanted on its side, partially crumpled into the ground. Media reports said there were 30 people trapped inside with others crawling to safety. The fire agency said a […]
by Amber Wang / Michelle Yun © Agence France-Presse TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — A 6.4-magnitude quake on the east coast of Taiwan has left two dead and more than 200 injured, the government said, after buildings crumbled and trapped people inside. A hotel and a residential block were the worst hit by the quake in the port city of Hualien, according to the national fire agency. Five more buildings including a hospital had also been damaged, […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) – The wife of a Taiwanese democracy activist who was jailed in China in a case which further strained relations was Tuesday barred from boarding a flight to visit him in prison. Lee Ming-cheh — an NGO worker arrested during a trip to the mainland last March — was sentenced in November to five years in prison by a court in the central province of Hunan on charges of subverting state power. Human rights […]
by Michelle Yun Agence France-Presse TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — From the migration of purple butterflies to the crafting of bamboo steam baskets, Taiwan’s leading 3D film director has spent a decade painstakingly capturing the island’s beauty. After a life-threatening tumor left him partially deaf and blind in one eye in 2002, Charlie Chu moved away from making television series and music videos, instead seeking to focus on life’s precious details. His new 3D movie “Formosa […]
