Taiwan Earthquake: 600 Remain Stranded as Rescuers Work to Recover Bodies

Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 08:14am on 06 Apr 2024,Saturday International

Rescuers in Taiwan are deploying heavy equipment to retrieve two bodies buried on a hiking trail, while over 600 people remain stranded days after the island's strongest earthquake in 25 years. Four individuals are still missing in Taroko national park, with search operations paused due to aftershocks. Despite challenges, rescuers have freed nine people trapped in a cave and located two others. Residents in Hualien are allowed brief intervals to retrieve belongings from a building with a crumbling facade. The earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.4, has claimed 12 lives and left 10 others missing.

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