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Bridge in Taiwan collapses onto fishing boats, trapping crews
DW   01 October 2019   Taiwan   Nanfangao  
<p>At least 10 people were hospitalized Tuesday morning when an arched bridge in Nanfangao collapsed onto fishing boats, hours after a typhoon swept through. Rescuers are searching for workers trapped in the wreckage.</p>
Magnitude 6.1 earthquake hits east Taiwan
Aljazeera   18 April 2019   Taiwan  
Taiwan lies near the junction of two tectonic plates and is prone to earthquakes [Tyrone Siu/Reuters]
<p>A magnitude 6.1 earthquake has struck Taiwan's coastal city of Hualien, shaking buildings and temporarily suspending subway services in the capital Taipei, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. Local television footage showed school ...
More than 140 people missing after Taiwan earthquake
CBC News   06 February 2018   Taiwan   Hualien  
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, centre back-facing, is briefed Wednesday at the site of a collapsed building from an earthquake in Hualien, southeastern Taiwan. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)
<p>A rescue crew on Wednesday was trying to free two people from a hotel whose ground floor caved after a strong earthquake hit near Taiwan's east coast and killed at least four people.</p> <p>The shallow, magnitude-6.4 quake that struck late Tuesday night ...
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Taiwan earthquake: rescuers race to save dozens trapped under rubble
The Guardian   07 February 2016   Taiwan   Tainan  
Rescuers search for dozens missing in the collapsed apartment building in Tainan on Sunday. Photograph: Wally Santana/AP
<p>Rescuers in the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan were fighting against the clock on Sunday to save more than 100 people still trapped beneath rubble of an apartment block 24 hours after a strong earthquake shook the island.<br />A 20-year-old man was pulled ...
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