A woman in her 90s was pulled from the rubble of her collapsed home in Japan Saturday, 124 hours after an earthquake hit the region.
The unidentified woman survived for five days and four hours after the earthquake took her home. Chances of survival are greatly reduced after 72 hours.
The Suzu native was rescued by 100 helmeted workers who were seen covering the view of his two-storey house with a blue tarpaulin for privacy during the mission at around 8pm on Saturday.
He was found hypothermic and given intravenous fluids and oxygen, Japanese newspaper Yomiuri reported.
Another woman, believed to be in her 40s, was also found at the location suffering from a cardiopulmonary attack.
Suzu is located in Ishikawa Prefecture, which was the hardest hit by the 7.6-magnitude earthquake, which left 126 dead, including a 5-year-old boy, who was scalded by boiling water and later died in hospital.
An unidentified woman survived five days and four hours after an earthquake took her home. The Suzu native was rescued by 100 helmeted workers who were seen covering the view of his two-storey house with a blue tarpaulin for privacy during the mission at around 8pm on Saturday. AP The woman was found to be hypothermic and given intravenous fluids and oxygen. Another woman, believed to be in her 40s, was also found at the location suffering from a cardiopulmonary attack. AP
The city of Wajima suffered the most deaths, at 69, followed by Suzu at 38. More than 200 are still missing and more than 500 injured.
Several rescue missions have been launched since the natural disaster struck on Monday.
Shrio Kokuda, 76, whose house survived in Wajima, recalled seeing a temple on fire during the tragedy. And he’s still looking for friends at the evacuation center.
“It’s really hard,” he said.
The 7.6-magnitude earthquake left 126 dead, including a five-year-old boy, who was scalded by boiling water and later died in hospital. AP More than 200 are still missing and more than 500 injured. The city of Wajima suffered the most deaths, recording 69, followed by Suzu at 38. AP
Thousands of troops have flown in supplies and trucked in water, food, and medicine to the more than 30,000 sheltered in auditoriums, schools and other evacuation centers.
The country is still dealing with more than 100 landslides in the area, with some blocking major roads that cut off communities that desperately need help, according to Yomiuri. Takimata, located in Wajima, is one such area.
Other roads are cracked and on the verge of collapse. The threat of a complete road collapse is increasing as residents brace for rain and snow this weekend.
Wajima ran out of emergency supplies on the day of the earthquake.
In a rare show of support, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a message of condolences. The country also received messages from the US and other allies.
Yoshimasa Hayashi, a Japanese government spokesman, thanked foreign governments for their messages and said the last time the country received a message from North Korea was in 1995.
With Postal wire.
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