Taiwan earthquake rescuers face threat of landslides and rockfalls as death toll rises to 12

Searchers discovered two more bodies after Wednesday’s quake of magnitude 7.2 struck the sparsely populated rural county of HualienA collapsed building in Hualien on Friday, two days after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit eastern Taiwan. Photograph: Annabelle Chih/Getty Imagesfaced the threat of further landslides and rockfalls in Friday’s search for a dozen people still missing from this week’s earthquake as the death toll rose to 12. Meanwhile some of those stranded were brought to safety.

“Rain increases the risks of rockfalls and landslides, which are currently the biggest challenges,” said Su Yu-ming, the leader of a search team helping the rescue effort, pointing to expectations for rain. “These factors are unpredictable, which means we cannot confirm the number of days required for the search and rescue operations.”Taiwan's fire department said two bodies were found in the mountains, but wanted to confirm their identities before updating the death toll.

Rocks were still tumbling down nearby slopes as the group left, he added. “We had to navigate through the gaps between the falling rocks, with the rescue team out front.”

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