124 people have so far been rescued from the rubble of the collapsed buildings, but there are thought to be almost 100 still missing |
Rescue personnel work at a damaged building after an earthquake struck at 4am on Saturday south of Tainan, southern Taiwan |
Dozens feared dead after buildings collapse trapping hundreds of people as 6.4 magnitude earthquake shakes Taiwan with infant among the first casualties
- 'Multiple' buildings have collapsed in the city of Tainan, a city of about two million people in the south of the island
- At least one of the buildings was a 17-storey residential block, which was home to about 200 people
- Two people are understood to be confirmed dead while more than 120 have been pulled from the rubble
- So far five aftershocks registering at least 2.8 have taken place but warning centre says tsunami is not expected
Daily Mail | 6 February 2016
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