Woman found alive two days after Taiwan quake

A woman was pulled alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in the southern Taiwan city of Tainan on Monday and another man has been found alive trapped inside more than 48 hours after a deadly earthquake struck, officials said.

The death toll from the quake rose to 35 earlier on Monday, with more than 100 people still missing, Reuters reports.

The quake struck at about 4 am on Saturday (2000 GMT Friday), with almost all the dead found in the toppled Wei-guan Golden Dragon Building in Tainan city.

Rescue efforts are focused on the wreckage of the 17-storey building, where 117 people are listed as missing.

Wang Ting-yu, a legislator, who represents the area, told reporters the woman, Tsao Wei-ling, was found lying under her dead husband.

Their 2-year-old son, who was also killed, was found lying nearby.

Another person has also been located, a man called Li Tsung-tian, Mr. Wang said. The man is conscious and talking to rescuers.

Rescuers continued to scramble over the twisted wreck of the building as numbed family members stood around, waiting for news of missing relatives.

President Ma Ying-jeou is scheduled to visit the disaster zone later on Monday, as is Tsai Ing-wen, who won a presidential election in January.