OPEN LETTER/ Come to the dialogue and listen to me speak, otherwise I will cut off your scholarships, you will rot in prison. Please!

 Kliko këtu për të tjera
Voxpress:

Earthquake in Japan, 242 missing, hope to find survivors under the rubble

2024-01-05 07:51:00Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Earthquake in Japan, 242 missing, hope to find survivors under the rubble

Rescue teams in Japan are scrambling to find 242 people missing after a devastating earthquake hit the country on December 31. The critical 72-hour period that followed the intensive search for survivors ended late last night. Meanwhile, the death toll from the 7.6-magnitude earthquake on the remote Noto peninsula rose to 92.

Japan's Self-Defense Forces doubled the number of troops participating in the search to 4,600, Kyodo news agency reported. Many people are believed to be trapped under their collapsed houses - mainly in the cities of Suzu and Wajima. The wooden structures were not built to withstand the powerful earthquakes that often plague the country.

Tens of thousands of residents are still without power and water, while hundreds more remain isolated due to landslides and blocked roads. "We will not give up," Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said after a meeting with officials of the search agencies.

Japan earlier said it would spend 4.74 billion yen ($34 million; 27 million pounds) of budget reserves to help victims. The town of 23,000 now resembles a ghost town as early evacuation warnings have been heeded since the tsunami warning was issued.


Në përputhje me standarded JTI

Video

SHIKO KANALIN NE YOUTUBE
×