Rescuers in Taiwan are searching for 18 people still missing after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the country's east coast. The earthquake has caused landslides and cut off roads, leaving hundreds of people stranded. The rescue efforts are ongoing, with a 45-person team trying to reach six people missing on a hiking trail. Meanwhile, around 400 people trapped in a luxury hotel have been confirmed safe.
HUALIEN, Taiwan — Taiwan ese rescuers looked for 18 people still missing on Friday after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the island's mountainous and scenic east coast, as dozens of aftershocks rattled the disaster zone and those trapped were gradually taken to safety.Wednesday's earthquake in Taiwan 's sparsely populated eastern county of Hualien killed 10 people, leaving hundreds of people stranded in a national park as boulders barrelled down mountains, cutting off roads.
A group of 50 workers who were on their way to the hotel and had been trapped on roads are now mostly safe."I am lucky to survive this disaster. We were terrified, especially when the earthquake first happened, we thought it was all over, all over, all over, because it was an earthquake, right?" said David Chen, 63, a security manager at the hotel, after he was rescued on Thursday."As we were leaving, rocks were still falling.
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