400 People Isolated By Taiwanese Earthquake Still Waiting For Rescue

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A total of 400 people who were stranded isolated on the island due to the Taiwan earthquake are still waiting for rescue.

Authorities said hundreds of people were in safe condition but the evacuation process was blocked by landslides.

The death toll from the Taiwan earthquake has risen to 13, the Taiwan National Fire Department (NFA) said after three bodies were found on footpaths through mountainous areas.

Two people were found on Friday, April 5, and one person was found on Saturday, CNN quoted on Saturday, April 6.

The Taiwanese earthquake on Wednesday, April 3, became the strongest earthquake in Taiwan in 25 years.

More than a thousand people are being treated for injuries, and six people are still missing, authorities said.

In Hualien Regency, the worst-affected areas, collapsed buildings and landslides occurred. Survivors told CNN that many local shops and businesses, some of which have been operating for more than a decade, were destroyed.

Today's rescue operation was hampered by bad weather, according to Taiwanese authorities, who plan to send technicians and orbit satellites to help with the evacuation.