Rescuers Search For Those Missing After Earthquake

April 4, 2024 5:22 am

HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) — Rescuers are searching for dozens of people still missing a day after Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in a quarter century damaged buildings, caused multiple rockslides and killed nine people. In the eastern coastal city of Hualien near the epicenter, workers used an excavator to stabilize the base of a damaged building with construction materials, as some officers took samples of its exterior. Some of the damaged buildings tilted at precarious angles with their ground floors crushed. More than 1,000 people were injured in the quake Wednesday. Of the approximately 690 people said to be missing or stranded, most guests and workers at a hotel. Authorities said all of those were safe.