Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/02/08
By: Wang Yang-yu and Christie Chen

Taipei, Feb. 8 (CNA) The death toll from a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that hit Hualien in eastern Taiwan late Tuesday rose to 10 Thursday evening with the recovery of a body believed to be that of a female migrant worker.

The body was pulled from the rubble of a partially collapsed building where a Filipino caregiver identified by the name Melody was reportedly trapped.

A rescue team from Keelung City said they received a report at 5 p.m. Thursday that Melody was trapped inside a closet on the seventh floor of the 12-story Yun Men Tsui Ti (雲門翠堤) commercial and residential building.

After searching through the debris, rescuers said, they recovered the body of a woman believed to be Melody.    [FULL  STORY]