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Old 05-02-2016, 10:21 PM #1
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Default Buildings Collapse As Earthquake Hits Taiwan

http://news.sky.com/story/1636958/bu...ke-hits-taiwan



[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/arti...#ixzz3zL4coDQj






a shock for the locals

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Old 06-02-2016, 07:24 AM #2
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Tragic news, but one would think that they would design their buildings in such an earthquake prone area accordingly.
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...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...

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All these natural disasters, whales washing up ... maybe there is something in this rapture thing after all *repents*
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