In Taiwan, rescue efforts continue after the earthquake that the island suffered this Wednesday which has already left a dozen dead, more than a thousand people injured and hundreds of people still trapped in the mountainous area. Among them are the 600 who were in a hotel and 70 miners.

They work against the clock to try to rescue them after they a landslide has left the exit blocked. The authorities ask for maximum caution since in the coming days High-powered replicas are expectedeven of magnitude 7.4 like those experienced the previous day.

The situation is especially delicate in the mountainous area, where many are waiting to be rescued like the 600 people from a hotel that has become inaccessible due to the falling rocks that have destroyed roads, bridges and even blocked tunnels. The head of the special search and rescue team, Chen Yi-Fong, assures that “the next step is to wait until the road is reopened” since “they are safe and have no shortage of water or food.”

However, the situation of the miners who are cornered after one of the earthworks blocked the exit path is very worrying. 70 of them have been trapped in two mines of coal. The majority are buried underground, while the most seriously ill are being evacuated by helicopter.

At the foot of the mountain the formation of human chains continues to remove the bodies of those who have not managed to survive, while in the populated area the authorities continue to search for life under the rubble. Others wait outside holding the façade so that it doesn’t collapse and some are rethinking the type of housing: “I don’t want to live in such tall buildings anymore,” says one of those affected.

The images he has left are surprisinglike those that accompany these lines in which we observe the nurses of a hospital who They are surprised by the earthquake and try to protect the newborns as they can. In the coming days, multiple aftershocks are expected, some of similar magnitude that may leave more videos.