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Taiwan earthquake: death toll rises with dozens trapped in toppled building

A powerful earthquake in Taiwan has felled a 16-storey apartment complex full of families gathered for the lunar new year celebrations, with at least 13…

A powerful earthquake in Taiwan has felled a 16-storey apartment complex full of families gathered for the lunar new year celebrations, with at least 13 dead and many more feared trapped.
Rescuers were searching late on Saturday for more than 100 people still missing after the 6.4-magnitude quake struck in the early hours of Saturday with the southern city of Tainan bearing the brunt of the damage.
Nearly 340 people were rescued from the rubble over the course of the day. An entire residential complex of four buildings containing almost 100 homes toppled to the ground, lying on its side with twisted metal girders exposed and clouds of dust rising from the jumbled concrete.
A 10-day-old baby girl, three other children and six adults were pulled dead from the building, national fire agency officials said.
A 56-year-old woman died after being hit by a falling water tank in another part of the city, the fire agency said, while falling debris also accounted another fatality.
 

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