TAIPEI — The death toll following a powerful earthquake in Taiwan rose to 13 today after another body was discovered in hard-hit Taroko National Park, reported German Press Agency (dpa).
In the national park today rescue teams found one body and were still trying to remove others trapped under rocks. The discovery brought the death toll to 13, the National Fire Agency said, with six people still unaccounted for.
The disaster caused at least 1,145 injuries.
Interior Minister Lin Yu-chang, who chairs the Central Emergency Operation Centre, said some sections of damaged roads have been repaired and the government would try to transfer stranded people to safe places as soon as possible.
Lin said that a rescue team from Turkey is due to arrive in Taiwan to help search the park for the missing people.
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