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The families of two Australians reported missing after Taiwan’s worst earthquake in 25 years are calling for search efforts to resume to find the couple, once it is deemed safe. Issac Sim Hwee Kok and Ann Neo Siew Choo were on holiday in Taiwan when a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the sparsely populated, largely rural eastern county of Hualien on April 3. At least 13 people were killed and more than 1,100 injured.
” They said they hoped the county would rebuild as soon as possible “so that more people can experience the beauty of the place and the warmth of its people”. The leader of a search team helping the rescue effort said rain had hampered operations, with the risks of rockfalls and landslides “currently the biggest challenges”. “These factors are unpredictable, which means we cannot confirm the number of days required for the search and rescue operations,” Su Yu-ming said earlier.
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