There are concerns that “many residents might die as an indirect result of the earthquake and tsunami because some areas were not receiving adequate food or medicine.”
The death toll in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, from Monday’s powerful magnitude-7.6 earthquake has risen to 128, prefectural officials said Sunday.
The New Year’s Day earthquake has left 195 people unaccounted for in the prefecture, the officials said.
Mayor Shigeru Sakaguchi of Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, announced on January 7th that one victim of the Noto Peninsula earthquake who had evacuated to an evacuation center in the city had died of hypothermia.
The death toll in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa from Monday’s powerful earthquake has risen to 126, prefectural officials said Saturday.
The magnitude-7.6 New Year’s Day quake has left 210 people unaccounted for in the prefecture, the officials said.
The death toll in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa from Monday’s powerful earthquake has risen to 126, prefectural officials said Saturday.
The magnitude-7.6 New Year’s Day quake has left 210 people unaccounted for in the prefecture, the officials said.
The death toll in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa from Monday’s devastating earthquake has risen to 94, the prefectural government said Friday.
The number of people who were unaccounted for after the 7.6-magnitude quake stood at 222 in Ishikawa as of 2 p.m. Friday.
According to Ishikawa Prefecture, as of 10 a.m. on the 4th, damage such as water outages and power outages had been confirmed at around 120 elderly facilities in the prefecture, including special nursing homes and group homes.
Residents are not able to take a bath, and the toilets cannot be flushed, raising concerns about hygiene.
The death toll in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa from Monday’s powerful earthquake has risen to 84, the prefectural government said Thursday.
There is information that one person has been swept away by a tsunami that occurred near a fishing port in the city of Suzu as a result of the earthquake, according to the Japan Coast Guard.
The death toll includes 48 in the city of Wajima and 23 in Suzu.
At the time of posting this it is 72 hours after the earthquake in Ishikawa Prefecture. Aftershocks seem to be lessening, although one should not be too blasé.
Residents are not able to take a bath, and the toilets cannot be flushed, raising concerns about hygiene.
Barrier Free Japan