More than 600 people, including about 450 at a hotel in the Taroko park, remained stranded in various locations cut off by rockslides and other damage.
But helicopters from the National Airborne Service Corps were flying into cut-off areas near the Taroko National Park to pluck stranded visitors to safety.
An AFP staffer saw one flight ferry 12 people to safety, and a second with 16.
“Priority was given to the elderly, the weak, women, children, and people with chronic diseases,” said Taiwan news website ET Today.
“Although everyone was tired after coming down the mountain, they all still showed smiles.”
