Hundreds stranded or trapped after earthquake in Taiwan

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Taiwanese officials reported that hundreds of people were stranded or trapped following an earthquake in Taiwan. A rescue team has been set up to provide aid and find ways to evacuate those affected. The earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.4, hit near Hualien on the eastern coast of the island.

Joyce Huang, Karson Yiu and Kevin Shalveyin Taiwan climbed to 10 people on Thursday, with hundreds more stranded or trapped, Taiwan ese officials said.A total of 688 people, up from the previous tally of 611, were stranded near the Silks Palace Hotel and Tien Hsiang Youth Activity Center, officials said in a Thursday night local time update. The rescue team, which had set up a post there, will provide necessary aid in case of emergencies and find ways to get them out.

Ten Silks Palace Hotel employees were still stranded at the Jiuqu Cave area, but that total was down from 30 employees and 24 tourists earlier Thursday.The 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit just before 8 a.m. Wednesday, with an epicenter near Hualien, a city on the eastern coast. More than 100 aftershocks, including one with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5, also near Hualien, have struck the island, according to the U.S. Geological Surve

Taiwan Earthquake Stranded Trapped Rescue Hualien

 

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