Reuters, HUALIEN, Taiwan, April 3 Nine people were murdered and over 900 were injured in Taiwan’s largest earthquake in at least 25 years on Wednesday. Additionally, 50 workers who were traveling in minibuses to a hotel in a national park went missing. In the hilly, thinly inhabited county of Hualien, close to the epicentre of the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck just offshore at roughly 8 a.m. (0000 GMT) and caused extensive landslides, some houses tilted at dangerous angles.
Some were spending the night in tents and various forms of shelter as night fell. Numerous emergency personnel were working in parallel to try and stabilize damaged buildings and demolish those that were thought to be unsalvageable. “Behind us, the Uranus building is in extremely horrible shape. The building consists of nine stories above ground and one basement level. According to Lee Lung-Sheng, deputy acting chief of the Hualien Fire Department, the first and second levels are now underground.
Hsu Chen-Wei, the mayor of Hualien city, announced that all occupants and businesses in structures that posed a risk had been evacuated. Four buildings were about to undergo demolition, according to the mayor.
According to weather officials, there were around 50 aftershocks registered. As she made her way to a shelter, a 52-year-old Hualien resident who went by the family name Yu remarked, “I’m afraid of aftershocks and I don’t know how bad the shaking will be.”
News anchors steadied themselves against enormous screens while delivering their morning bulletins, capturing the impact of the earthquake in real time as their sets wobbled and lighting equipment shook overhead. People were en route to work and school when the earthquake struck at a depth of 15.5 km (9.6 miles), triggering a tsunami warning that was later removed for the Philippines and southern Japan.
Rescuers were seen on camera assisting stranded individuals out of windows by utilizing ladders. The subway system in Taipei was briefly forced to close due to strong tremors, although most lines were able to restart service.
Reuters, HUALIEN, Taiwan, April 3 Nine people were murdered and over 900 were injured in Taiwan’s largest earthquake in at least 25 years on Wednesday. Additionally, 50 workers who were traveling in minibuses to a hotel in a national park went missing. In the hilly, thinly inhabited county of Hualien, close to the epicentre of the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck just offshore at roughly 8 a.m. (0000 GMT) and caused extensive landslides, some houses tilted at dangerous angles.
Some were spending the night in tents and various forms of shelter as night fell. Numerous emergency personnel were working in parallel to try and stabilize damaged buildings and demolish those that were thought to be unsalvageable. “Behind us, the Uranus building is in extremely horrible shape. The building consists of nine stories above ground and one basement level. According to Lee Lung-Sheng, deputy acting chief of the Hualien Fire Department, the first and second levels are now underground.
Hsu Chen-Wei, the mayor of Hualien city, announced that all occupants and businesses in structures that posed a risk had been evacuated. Four buildings were about to undergo demolition, according to the mayor.
According to weather officials, there were around 50 aftershocks registered. As she made her way to a shelter, a 52-year-old Hualien resident who went by the family name Yu remarked, “I’m afraid of aftershocks and I don’t know how bad the shaking will be.”
News anchors steadied themselves against enormous screens while delivering their morning bulletins, capturing the impact of the earthquake in real time as their sets wobbled and lighting equipment shook overhead. People were en route to work and school when the earthquake struck at a depth of 15.5 km (9.6 miles), triggering a tsunami warning that was later removed for the Philippines and southern Japan.
Rescuers were seen on camera assisting stranded individuals out of windows by utilizing ladders. The subway system in Taipei was briefly forced to close due to strong tremors, although most lines were able to restart service.
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