5 missing and 5 rescued due to waterfall surge in southern Taiwan

Five people in a river-tracing group have been missing since Saturday after being swept away by a surging waterfall caused by heavy rain in southern Taiwan's Pingtung County, but five others in the same group were rescued Sunday morning, according to local authorities.

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