2024-01-08 14:06:03
A week after the devastating earthquake in central Japan, which left at least 168 dead, it has been learned that the number of missing people has risen to more than three hundred, while the search for victims and assistance to the victims continues to be hampered by the snow and road damage.
Local authorities today offered the latest data on confirmed deaths from the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the Ishikawa prefecture, when on Sunday there were 126 deaths, and announced that another 323 people remain unaccounted for as a result of the disaster, in addition of 565 injured.
The majority of people who have not been heard from were registered in the city of Wajima, one of the most affected by the catastrophe, on the Noto peninsula, on the shores of the Sea of Japan. The city was also the scene of serious fires as a result of the earthquake. The earthquake, followed by hundreds of aftershocks, caused thousands of landslides and the collapse of buildings and roads throughout the region.
Further landslides are feared due to rainfall and icy conditions are expected to further complicate traffic on roads damaged by the earthquake, authorities warned. Rescue services are also continuing their efforts to reach more than 2,000 people, some of whom are in critical condition, isolated by roads damaged by the earthquake, and to deliver food and equipment to them.
The governor of Ishikawa prefecture, Hiroshi Hase, stressed on public television channel NHK that it is necessary to “avoid deaths at all costs” among those displaced by the disaster. Some 29,000 people remained sheltered Sunday in 404 government shelters.
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