Hualien residents watch as authorities tear down quake-hit building

Record ID: 1819118

  • Title: Hualien residents watch as authorities tear down quake-hit building
  • Date: 5th April 2024
  • Summary: HUALIEN, TAIWAN (APRIL 5, 2024) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF HEAVY MACHINERY DEMOLISHING QUAKE-HIT BUILDING VARIOUS OF TILTED BUILDING (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) 27-YEAR-OLD OFFICE WORKER, KAO YI-SHAN, SAYING: "I feel that it's only after arriving at the scene that one realises how truly small humans are in the face of nature, especially following a natural disaster. This building, being nearly 50 years old, has also reached the end of its lifespan." VARIOUS OF HEAVY MACHINERY BREAKING BUILDING RUBBLE FALLING FROM BUILDING (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) 57-YEAR-OLD IT PROGRAMMER, LEO KUO, SAYING: “In this earthquake, to see a house collapse and tilt in such a way is indeed shocking and startling, right? Of course, the earthquake is a natural disaster. Thankfully, it seems that in Hualien, earthquakes are quite frequent, but the damage to only one building wasn't very significant, there weren't many chain reactions. In that sense, it's a great fortune amidst an unfortunate situation.” POLICE OFFICERS LOOKING AT TILTED BUILDING VARIOUS OF HEAVY MACHINERY AT WORK HUALIEN, TAIWAN (APRIL 5, 2024) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) RESCUE TEAM OPERATING EQUIPMENT EXCAVATOR BREAKING WALL DEMOLITION IN PROGRESS
  • Embargoed: 19th April 2024 12:04
  • Keywords: Hualien Taiwan Uranus building demolition earthquake quake
  • Location: HUALIEN, TAIWAN
  • City: HUALIEN, TAIWAN
  • Country: Taiwan
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Disaster/Accidents,Earthquakes/Volcanoes/Tsunami
  • Reuters ID: LVA001300305042024RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Residents in Taiwan's quake-hit northern county of Hualien on Friday (April 5) watched as authorities tore down a large building damaged in Wednesday's (April 3) 7.2 magnitude earthquake.
    Excavators could be seen chipping apart the quake-hit Uranus building well into dusk on Friday evening, as the building has remained tilted since the earthquake. Local residents like 27-year-old Kao Yi-shan stopped by to catch a glimpse of the Uranus before its complete demolition.
    "I feel that it's only after arriving at the scene that one realises how truly small humans are in the face of nature, especially following a natural disaster. This building, being nearly 50 years old, has also reached the end of its lifespan," she said.
    Searchers discovered two more bodies, bringing the death toll to 12, after Wednesday's quake struck the sparsely populated, largely rural eastern county of Hualien.
    (Production: Walid Berrazeg, Adrian Portugal, Joyce Zhou, Minwoo Park)
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