TILTING BUILDINGS
In Hualien’s major metropolis, employees poured concrete on the base of the glass-fronted Uranus constructing – so badly broken it now tilts at a 45-degree angle.
It has now grow to be an emblem of the quake however, for 59-year-old Chen Hsiu-ying, it was her dwelling.
Sheltering on the elementary faculty, she informed AFP she was on her approach dwelling from work when the earthquake occurred.
“If I had gone back earlier, I would have been inside,” the carpenter mentioned.
She additionally mentioned she was shocked to see the highway shaking and the meals distributors on the streets shuddering through the quake.
“My hands are still shaking, they still haven’t recovered. This was the first time I experienced this,” Chen mentioned, including that she was anxious to get her issues from the skewed constructing.
“I still have my belongings in there, such as a photo of my mother,” she mentioned.
More than a dozen individuals had opted to return dwelling by morning, though many – particularly these with kids – stayed on within the tents.
Hendri mentioned he hoped Thursday can be the household’s final day on the shelter.
“I will go by it to take a look and talk to the staff there and see if it’s safe to go upstairs,” he mentioned.
“Yesterday they said it wasn’t safe.”
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