The crisis management control center stated late on Wednesday that their main concern was the finding of the hotel employees on their approach to Taroko Gorge, a national park. Authorities intended to search for and lose supplies using drones and helicopters if they can be found.
Others who had been entrapped are slowly being discovered and taken to safety.
Six persons who had been trapped in a mining region were rescued on Thursday by a helicopter, according to the fire department.
The railroad series to Hualien even re-opened ahead of schedule on Thursday, though a remote station north of Hualien city is still closed because of damage, according to the railroad administration.
Some individuals slept out over as lots of waves shook the area, where save work for people who had been trapped in buildings was then finished.