In Puli and Chushan, the United Daily News reports: "Survivors are completely cut off from the outside world because fallen buildings block every single road leading out of town. Everyone is camping out in school playgrounds, and many children in town have become orphans."
在埔里、竹山等地「房屋跪在路邊，四周都是死路，鎮民露宿操場，埔里街頭一夕之間多了許多孤兒」，聯合報現場報導形容。