Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Around 400 people are still stranded and awaiting rescue in Taiwan after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck this week, the island’s fire department said Saturday.
Rescue operations on Saturday continued to be hampered by bad weather, according to Taiwanese authorities, who had planned to send a technician and a low-orbit satellite to aid efforts.Authorities have said those listed as stranded are considered safe but are cut off by landslides and other blockages on rural roads near the island’s hard-hit east coast.
In Hualien County, the worst-affected region, buildings buckled and landslides were triggered. Survivors told CNN that many local shops and businesses, some operating for over a decade, were gone in one morning. Rescue operations on Saturday continued to be hampered by bad weather, according to Taiwanese authorities, who had planned to send a technician and a low-orbit satellite to aid efforts.
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