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.
However, to rescue stranded customers, planes from the National Airborne Service Corps were flying into closed-off areas close to the Taroko National Park.
One flight brought 12 people to safety, according to an AFP worker, and the subsequent brought 16 people to security.
” Priority was given to the elderly, the poor, women, children, and people with chronic illnesses”, said Taiwan news site ET Today.
” Although everyone was tired after coming down the mountain, they all still showed smiles”.