Posted on 02/07/2018 6:09:03 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Taiwan earthquake: Slanted residential complex tilting further into ground
HUALIEN (AFP) - Four mobile cranes were used to prop up a residential and commerical complex which was left tilting perilously after the magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit Taiwan's coastal city of Hualien.
Rescue efforts were suspended on Wednesday afternoon after incessant rainfall caused the building to tilt at an alarming rate of five cm per hour, reported TVBS News.
The Yun Men Tsui Ti complex houses an apartment block, a restaurant, shops and a hostel.
The quake left the 12-storey building leaning to one side, its lower floors crushed like pancakes.
The Hualien local fire service said 147 of the 213 residents from the building remained unaccounted for. Four bodies were recovered throughout the day.
One local who lives nearby told AFP how he watched the tower block partially collapse.
"I saw the first floor sink into the ground. Then it sunk and tilted further and the fourth floor became the first floor," said Lu Chih-son, 35, who saw 20 people rescued from the building.
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You are wicked hyper-sensitive.
Or saying things tongue in cheek. :)
I pray all is well with you. And I’m lifting up the people there too!
Tourist trap.
What they need is Foundation Repair, Inc. Immediately.
Okay, who wants to be first to go back in and collect their belongings?
My bad.
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