Casualties of Taiwan quake continue to rise
(VOVworld) – Eighteen people have been reported dead in the 6.7- magnitude earthquake in southern Taiwan on Saturday while hundreds of others are injured.
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Rescue personnel help a child rescued at the site where a 17-storey apartment building collapsed during an earthquake in Tainan, southern Taiwan, February 6, 2016. |
The Taiwanese Rescue Center reported Sunday that a total of 356 people have been rescued in Tainan which is the most seriously damaged in the quake. But at least 132 people remain missing. According to previous reports, more than 460 people have been wounded.