Death toll from Japan earthquake rises to 206 and 52 people are still missing

The latest death toll from the earthquake that hit the center of Japan on the 1st it totaled 206, according to Japanese authorities today, who continue to search for 52 people missing due to adverse weather conditions.

The most recent number provided by Japanese authorities includes people who they died in accidents caused directly by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake on the day of New Yearand also to people whose health deteriorated as a result of evacuation or other consequences of the earthquake.

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The number of people missing since the earthquake dropped to 52after having fluctuated between a hundred and more than 300 during the last weekend.

These large variations are due to the fact that local authorities Ishikawa They publish the names of people who have not been located daily, although it is not known whether all of them were affected by the earthquake.

Another 26 thousand people continue in the centers evacuation temporaryas authorities in Ishikawa try to accelerate plans to house the elderly, pregnant women and other people with special needs in hotels, hostels and other accommodation in the prefecture and beyond.

Many of the evacuation centersoperated by volunteers, complain of a lack of manpower, in a province where there is also a lack of doctors, nurses and other personnel for health centers, as the governor of Ishikawa, Hiroshi Hase, said today at a press conference.

“We have received help from all over the country, but it is still not enough“, said the governor, who also highlighted the urgency of transferring citizens who find themselves in a precarious situation after the natural disaster to evacuation centers.

Around 3,100 people remain isolated in cities that have been left without access due to cuts in roads and other transport routes, while around 15,000 homes suffer power cuts and another 59 thousand do not have running water since last day 1.

Victim search and rescue tasks and transport of essential supplies to the area are being seen prevented due to damage to infrastructure and the snow and rain that occurred in the most affected areas since last weekend.

Added to this are the constant aftershocks of the earthquake, including one that occurred the day before with magnitude 6, which increases the risk of new earth movements, rockfalls or collapses of buildings damaged by the earthquake. earthquake since the beginning of the year.

The earthquake on the 1st could surpass in devastation the one that occurred in 2016 in the city of Kumamoto (which left 273 dead, according to official data), and is the first level 7 recorded in the country since 2018, when an earthquake reached level 7 on the island of Hokkaido.

Source: Elcomercio

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