TAIPEI, April 5, 2024
From our Overseas Bureau
India and other countries could learn from Taiwan about having and implementing strict building codes for quake-resistant buildings, an Indian research scholar who experienced Wednesday’s 7.4 magnitude earthquake said here on Thursday.
At least 10 people died and more than 1,000 were injured on Wednesday when the powerful quake, Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years, sent boulders and mud tumbling down mountainsides, blocking roads and damaging ground floors of some buildings that collapsed, leaving them leaning at precarious angles.
Media reports said that rescuers searched on Thursday for missing people and worked to reach hundreds stranded due to the quake at Hualien, about 200 K.M. South of the capital of Taiwan.
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