With the clock ticking and many more people trapped in mountainous villages, rescuers continued their effort to find survivors.
Amid the stories of death and losses came the news of the rescue late on Tuesday night of some 700 survivors who had been reported missing — 200 people from Xiaolin Village () in Kaohsiung County’s Jiaxian Township (), 300 from Namasia Township’s () Minzu Village () and 200 from Namasia’s Minsheng Village (). Yesterday morning, 300 more survivors were found in Namasia’s Minchuan Village (), 200 in Taoyuan Township’s () Chinhe Village () and 70 more from Xiaolin.

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