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Added on the 03/04/2021 09:45:03 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Emergency workers use heavy machinery in the eastern Taiwan city of Hualien after a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the area on Wednesday morning. At least nine people died in the quake -- all in Hualien county -- and more than 1,000 were injured across the country. The earthquake is the strongest to hit Taiwan in 25 years. IMAGES
Images of people being treated in a hospital in India after one of the country's worst rail collisions left at least 288 people dead and hundreds more injured. IMAGES
Images show Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan, after at least 50 people were killed and injuring dozens more on Friday when a packed train derailed inside a tunnel in eastern Taiwan at the start of a holiday weekend. The Taiwan Railways Agency said 146 passengers were sent to hospital in addition to the 50 confirmed dead. IMAGES
Rescue workers search for victims after carriages on the Puyuma Express train in Taiwan derailed and flipped onto their side killing several people and injuing more than 130 passengers. IMAGES
Indonesians in West Sumatra inspect damage to their village from flash floods. At least 34 people were killed by flooding and cold lava flow after hours of heavy rain, while another 16 are missing, according to the West Sumatra disaster mitigation agency. IMAGES