Rescuers race to save over 100 buried after Taiwan quake

Rescue workers at the scene of a collapsed building in Tainan early on February 7 after a strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan on February 6, 2016. - AFP / Anthony Wallace

Tainan (Taiwan) (AFP) - Rescuers raced against time Sunday to free more than 100 people still buried beneath the rubble of apartment blocks felled by a powerful earthquake in southern Taiwan that left 18 dead.

The death toll is rising as emergency workers dig to find survivors of the 6.4-magnitude quake that toppled the 16-storey apartment complex containing almost 100 homes in the city of Tainan on Saturday.