Sunday morning update
The death toll, now at 18, will likely keep rising as rescuers work frantically to free more than 100 people still buried in the rubble. "Of the 132 people desperately waiting for rescue, 103 people are buried very deep, there's no way to get to them direct, it's very difficult," said Tainan mayor William Lai early Sunday.
Saturday evening update
The BBC and AP now report the death toll has risen to 13 with more than 100 still missing. Here is an earlier report from AFP
AFP – A powerful earthquake in Taiwan felled a 16-storey apartment complex full of families who had gathered for Lunar New Year celebrations Saturday, with at least eleven dead and more than 30 feared trapped.
The death toll was rising in the historic city of Tainan, which bore the brunt of the 6.4-magnitude quake, as rescuers scoured rubble for survivors
survivors
Meaning: someone who still exists after an event that could have killed or destroyed them
Thai Translation: ผู้รอดชีวิต
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