Pair of Canadian tourists ‘successfully rescued’ from a national park after 7.2-magnitude quake
Global Affairs Canada and Taiwan’s top diplomat in Ottawa say a Canadian is missing in Taiwan after the powerful earthquake that hit the island this week.
Tseng said he had no details about the missing person, but the rescued Canadians, who were previously reported to be on a hiking trail in the Taroko Gorge, don’t have serious injuries.Taiwan’s semi-official Central News Agency wire service, citing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, says a total of three Canadians were rescued from the quake zone, with a fourth still missing.
Taiwan’s Central Emergency Operations Centre said the island’s most powerful earthquake in 25 years left 10 people dead, 705 trapped, 11 missing and 1,099 injured.The Central News Agency report said that one Indian national and two Australians were also missing after the quake, and that 71 foreign nationals had been rescued.
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