Taichung: A group of 50 tourists stranded on a mountain in central Taiwan due to a landslide on Friday were rescued after more than five hours.
According to Focus Taiwan, the tourists, who were visiting the Basianshan National Forest Recreation Area in Taichung, were unable to leave after a landslide occurred at around 1:40 p.m. blocking the road down the mountain. They took shelter at a nearby visitor center while waiting for the road to be cleared.
After more than five hours of repair work, the road was reopened to traffic at 7:05 p.m., and the tourists were later transported down the mountain, according to the Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency's Taichung Branch.