{"id":45671,"date":"2024-01-09T08:28:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T08:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/death-toll-from-japan-quake-rises-above-200\/"},"modified":"2024-01-09T08:28:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T08:28:05","slug":"death-toll-from-japan-quake-rises-above-200","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/death-toll-from-japan-quake-rises-above-200\/","title":{"rendered":"Death toll from Japan quake rises above 200"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The death toll from the powerful earthquake<\/a> that flattened parts of central Japan on January 1 passed 200 on Tuesday, with just over 100 still unaccounted for, authorities said.<\/p>\n

The 7.5 magnitude quake destroyed and toppled buildings, caused fires, and knocked out infrastructure on the Noto Peninsula on Japan\u2019s main island Honshu just as families were celebrating New Year\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n

Eight days later thousands of rescuers were battling blocked roads and poor weather to clear the wreckage as well as reach almost 3,500 people still stuck<\/a> in isolated communities.<\/p>\n

Ishikawa regional authorities released figures on Tuesday showing that 202 people were confirmed dead, up from 180 earlier in the day, with 102 unaccounted for, down from 120.<\/p>\n

On Monday, authorities had more than tripled the number of missing to 323 after central databases were updated, with most of the rise related to badly hit Wajima.<\/p>\n

But since then \u201cmany families let us know that they were able to confirm the safety of the persons (on the list)\u201d, Ishikawa official Hayato Yachi told AFP<\/em>.<\/p>\n

With heavy snow in places complicating relief efforts, as of Monday, almost 30,000 people were living in around 400 government shelters, some of which were packed and struggling to provide adequate food, water, and heating.<\/p>\n

Almost 60,000 households were without running water and 15,600 had no electricity supply. Road conditions have been worsened by days of rain that have contributed to an estimated 1,000 landslides.<\/p>\n

At a daily disaster-relief government meeting on Tuesday, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida instructed ministers to \u201cmake efforts of resolving the state of isolation (of communities) and continue tenacious rescue activities\u201d.<\/p>\n

Kishida also urged secondary evacuations to other regions outside the quake-hit area, top government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters.<\/p>\n

In Ishikawa prefecture\u2019s city of Suzu, a woman in her 90s managed to survive five days under the wreckage of a collapsed house before being saved<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cHang in there!\u201d rescuers were heard calling to the woman, in police footage from the rainy scene published by local media.<\/p>\n

Not all were so lucky, with Naoyuki Teramoto, 52, inconsolable on Monday after three of his four children\u2019s bodies were discovered in the town of Anamizu.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were talking of plans to go to Izu,\u201d a famous hot spring resort, after his daughter passed her high school entrance exam, he told broadcaster NTV<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Japan experiences hundreds of earthquakes every year, though most cause no damage because of strict building codes in place for more than four decades.<\/p>\n

But many structures are older, especially in rapidly aging communities in rural areas like Noto.<\/p>\n

The country is haunted by the monster quake of 2011<\/a> that triggered a tsunami, left around 18,500 people dead or missing, and caused a nuclear catastrophe at the Fukushima plant.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The death toll from the powerful earthquake that flattened parts of central Japan on January 1 passed 200 on Tuesday, with just over 100 still unaccounted for, authorities said. 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