NOT OVER: Rescue work at the Marshal Hotel and two buildings on Guosheng 6th Street has been completed, but work at the Yun Men Tsui Ti building was continuing
Taipei Times
Date: Feb 09, 2018
By: Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
The death toll from the magnitude 6.0 earthquake that shook the nation on Tuesday
Rescue workers leave the damaged Yun Men Tsui Ti building in Hualien after searching for survivors of a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that hit the city on Tuesday. Photo: Ritchie B. Tongo, EPA
rose to 10 as of press time last night as rescuers continued their efforts to locate victims trapped in the debris of collapsed or partially collapsed buildings in Hualien City.
As of 6pm, statistics from the Central Emergency Operation Center showed that five of the deceased were Taiwanese, three were Chinese and one a Philippine woman.
The identity and nationality of another female body had yet to be ascertained.
Seven were found in the Yun Men Tsui Ti (雲門翠堤) commercial and residential building, which suffered the severest earthquake damage. [FULL STORY]
