Rescuers on search for missing people in Taiwan national park after quake

(4 Apr 2024)
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Taroko National Park, Hualien County - 4 April 2024
1. Wide of entrance of the Taroko National Park
2. Zoom in on landslide on a mountain slope
3. Various of a pavilion being submerged in landslide mud
4. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Chen Yi-fong, Chief of Special Search and Rescue Team:
“In the area of Silks Place Taroko Hotel, there are about 600 people trapped, including tourists and hotel staff, and in the area of Tianxiang tourist centre...”
(Reporter: “That’s the total number in two locations?”)
“Yes, the total number is about 600.“
(Reporter: ”What's their condition?”)
“They are safe. I went in this morning and got in contact with them. This is the message I received.”
5. Various of cracked roof tiles on bridge awning structure
6. Various of rocks on the road leading to national park
7. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Chen Yi-fong, Chief of Special Search and Rescue Team
“With them being safe and no shortage of water and food, the next step is to wait until the road is open. The road is in the process of being reopened.”
(Reporter: “So they have water and food?”)
“Yes, they are good in terms of that.”
8. Various of walkways damaged by landslide
7. Wide of entrance
8. Various of helicopter
STORYLINE:
Rescuers in Taiwan's Taroko National Park were on Thursday searching for dozens of people still missing a day after the earthquake which struck in Hualien County.

The strongest quake in a quarter-century damaged buildings killed 10 people and left others stranded in remote areas, while tremors were felt in the country's capital.

About 600 people including tourists and hotel employees were stranded inside a hotel, the Silks Place Taroko, according to Chief of Special Search and Rescue Team Chen Yi-fong.

Authorities said the employees and guests were safe and had food and water, and that work to repair the roads to the hotel was close to completion.

The quake and its aftershocks caused landslides and damaged roads, bridges and tunnels. The national legislature and sections of Taipei's main airport suffered minor damage. 

Local authorities measured the initial quake's strength as magnitude 7.2, while the U.S. Geological Survey put it at 7.4. 

AP video by Johnson Lai
Production by Olivia Zhang

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