CNN
Date: February 7, 2018
By Ben Westcott, Jason Hanna and Liu Kwang-Yin, CNN
Taipei, Taiwan (CNN)Fearing people may be trapped inside, rescue workers and search dogs probed the perimeter of a multistory building leaning precariously early Thursday
Emergency workers block off a street in Hualien, Taiwan, where a building threatens to collapse.
in the Taiwanese city of Hualien, more than a day after a deadly earthquake.
The magnitude 6.4 quake struck late Tuesday 22 kilometers (13 miles) north of the city, killing at least eight people and injuring 262 others, authorities said. It also damaged bridges and buckled roads in and around Hualien, a city on the island’s northeastern shores.
Dozens of people were unaccounted for by Thursday morning in Hualien, many of whom were believed to have been living or temporarily staying at the now badly damaged and tilting Yun Men Tsui Ti building, officials said. [FULL STORY]