Rescuers have pulled more than 170 survivors from the 17-storey apartment building that collapsed on Saturday after a powerful earthquake shook southern Taiwan.
The magnitude-6.4 quake killed at least 26 people and more than 100 remained buried in the rubble of the building in Tainan.
With the extended lunar New Year holiday – the most important family holiday in the Chinese calendar – beginning on Monday, celebrations were set to be subdued in Taiwan.
President Ma Ying-jeou and the president-elect, Tsai Ing-wen, cancelled the handing out of envelopes of cash in their hometowns, a holiday tradition for Taiwan’s leader.
Tainan mayor, Lai Ching-te, said authorities estimated 124 people were still trapped at the site of the collapsed building, many at the bottom of the wreckage. He said rescuers were able to reach many people by using information from residents who escaped about possible locations of those still inside.
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