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arista
05-02-2016, 11:21 PM
http://news.sky.com/story/1636958/buildings-collapse-as-earthquake-hits-taiwan

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/02/05/22/article-3434250-30EC20EA00000578-474_308x484.jpg

[Hundreds' of people feared trapped in collapsed buildings
as 6.4 magnitude earthquake shakes Taiwan
'Multiple' buildings have collapsed in the city of Tainan,
in the south-west
At least one is residential, and 'hundreds' are feared
trapped in rubble
So far five aftershocks registering
at least 2.8 have taken place]


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3434250/People-feared-trapped-collapsed-buildings-6-4-magnitude-earthquake-shakes-Taiwan.html#ixzz3zL4coDQj




http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/02/05/22/30EC03F300000578-3434250-image-a-6_1454710275915.jpg

a shock for the locals

kirklancaster
06-02-2016, 08:24 AM
Tragic news, but one would think that they would design their buildings in such an earthquake prone area accordingly. :shrug:

Ammi
06-02-2016, 08:26 AM
...so awful, 7 people are reported dead atm in the collapse...of course, these thing often rise so much in the 'after' and rescue conditions/speed of those...

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/taiwan-buildings-collapse-as-deadly-quake-hits/ar-BBpblEc?ocid=spartandhp

Kizzy
06-02-2016, 09:54 AM
All these natural disasters, whales washing up ... maybe there is something in this rapture thing after all *repents*