The number of people missing after the major earthquake on Japan’s west coast on New Year’s Day has risen to more than 240. As Japanese media reported on Friday, the government has doubled the number of soldiers sent to the disaster area to 4,600 to support the emergency services.
When searching for survivors, the first 72 hours are crucial. Anyone who is not rescued during this period will have their chances of survival drastically reduced.
There are dozens of reports that people are still lying under collapsed houses, the report said. The mountains of rubble, damaged roads, landslides and aftershocks continued to hamper the operations of search and rescue teams.
There is no electricity and water
In the worst-hit prefecture of Ishikawa, at least 700 people are still cut off from the outside world. The power supply was interrupted to approximately 30,000 households and the water supply to 80,000 households, reports Kyodo news agency.
According to local authorities, around 33,000 people still need to stay in hundreds of emergency shelters. Since the magnitude 7.6 earthquake on New Year’s Day, the Sea of Japan region has been rocked by more than 150 aftershocks. (sda/dpa)
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