The number of dead, as a result of a powerful earthquake in the central prefecture of Japan Ishikawa, increased to 92, another 242 people are missing.
About it writes Xinhua.
It is noted that Japan Self-Defense Forces has involved about 4,600 people to speed up the search and rescue of missing people. Also, it is indicated that the area of destruction, after the earthquake and fire that broke out in the center of the city of Uajima, is equal to 48 thousand square meters.
Rescuers have faced problems with the delivery of basic necessities in the affected areas - over 10 settlements roads are blocked due to mudslides. At the same time, more than 700 people are stranded in communities across the prefecture.
About 30,000 households were left without electricity, while 80,000 households in 13 cities and towns faced water supply disruptions. As of Friday, January 5, around 33 thousand people remain in evacuation centers in Ishikawa, which entails sanitary and epidemiological threats.
Earlier "Apostrophe" reported that 111 people were killed and more than 200 injured as a result of the earthquake in northwest China.