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Taiwan quake: Toll rises to 35
Beijing,
Feb
8:
The
toll
in
the
6.7-magnitude
quake
that
hit
Taiwan
rose
to
35
on
Monday,
Feb
8.
Rescuers
working
overnight
pulled
out
another
body
from
under
the
debris,
media
reported.
More than 50 hours after the earthquake struck on Saturday, Feb 6 morning, over 110 people are believed to be still buried under the rubble of buildings collapsed by the disaster just two days ahead of the traditional Chinese New Year.
Of the 35 people killed -- including a 10-day-old girl -- 34 were found in the toppled Wei Guan residential building in Yongkang district of Tainan city which bore the brunt of the quake.
Rescuers are still scrambling over the wreck of the 16-story building left on its side with twisted metal girders exposed.
IANS