Three days after Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years, rescuers were planning to bring in heavy equipment on Saturday ( Apr 6 ) to try to recover two bodies buried beneath boulders on a hiking trail.
On the same Shakadang Trail in Taroko National Park, known for its steep mountainous landscape, four more people are still missing. After being called off on Friday afternoon due to waves, search and recovery labor was scheduled to begin.
At least 12 people were killed by the enormity 7.2 earthquake that struck on Wednesday night off Taiwan’s west coast, and 10 people were still missing.
More than 600 people remained stranded in different places cut off by rockslides and another damage, including about 450 at a resort in the Taroko area.
Individuals have shared terrifying narratives of rocks falling onto roads before being rescued by the rescuers. A building that was left tilting over a road at a dangerous position was being meticulously torn down in the city of Hualien.
Due to strict construction standards and widespread consumer education campaigns on the island, which is prone to earthquakes, that the relatively lower death rate from such a powerful earthquake can be attributed.
A scale 7.7 earthquake that struck in 1999 killed 2, 400 people.
A family of five also includes the two deceased and the four who are missing on the Shakadang Trail. The buried systems found on Friday were a gentleman and a person, but they have not been identified, according to Chinese press reports.  ,
In Taiwan, two Singaporeans are even missing following the earthquake.
The Singapore Trade Office in Taipei is in close contact with local authorities on the matter, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( MFA ) on Friday.  ,