Tonight the most powerful earthquake to hit Taiwan in 25 years and now the race to rescue survivors.

The dramatic images, bridges and buildings shaking and swaying, some left tilted at extreme angles by the force of the deadly 7.4 magnitude

quake, a rooftop pool, rocking water spilling down the side of the building, tremors causing massive landslides first responders

pulling people out alive but dozens of workers trapped in mines our team in

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Good evening and welcome.

A new day has begun in Taiwan,

where the search for survivors from a massive earthquake

grew more urgent overnight.

There have been at least nine deaths,

and the expectation is there could be many more.

Over a thousand people were injured from the 7.4 magnitude quake which rocked Taiwan's Pacific coast.

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