Rescuers continued their search for survivors in a dangerously tilted building more than a day after an earthquake shook Taiwan’s east coast.

US News and World Report
Feb. 8, 2018
By: Taijing Wu, Associated Press

HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) — Rescuers in Taiwan continued their search for survivors in a

Rescuers carry a victim recovered from a collapsed building following a strong earthquake in Hualien County, eastern Taiwan, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018. A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck late Tuesday night caused several buildings to cave in and tilt dangerously. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) The Associated Press

dangerously tilted building Thursday, more than a day after it was damaged in an earthquake that shook the island’s east coast and killed at least 10 people.
The Yunmen Tsuiti building was one of several damaged by late Tuesday’s magnitude 6.4 quake. At least four midsized buildings in worst-hit Hualien county leaned at sharp angles, their lowest floors crushed into mangled heaps of concrete, glass, iron and other debris. Firefighters climbed ladders hoisted against windows to reach people inside apartments.

Residents at temporary shelters set up in Hualien City described the terror of the powerful quake and their immediate worry for loved ones. Chen Chu-rong, 52, said she wasn’t home when the quake toppled the walls of her building, but her son was and he had to climb down from their second floor unit.

“That fear is still there,” she said. “I’m still afraid because things kept on falling down.”
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