The death toll from Japan’s New Year’s Day earthquake topped 100 on Saturday with more than 200 people still missing, the country’s deadliest in nearly eight years.
A 7.6-magnitude earthquake that hit Japan’s west coast destroyed infrastructure, leaving 23,000 homes without power in the Hokuriku region.
The search for survivors under collapsed buildings continued for a sixth day as more than 30,000 evacuees waited for help.
Sixteen more deaths were confirmed in Wajima city and Anamizu city as of 1 p.m. Saturday, bringing the total to 110, Kyodo news agency said, citing the Ishikawa prefectural government and other sources.
As of Saturday morning, 98 people had been confirmed dead, according to the Ishikawa government website.
A downed electricity pole lies across a road as rescue crews search for missing victims near the site of a landslide on January 6, 2024. AFP via Getty Images Debris of destroyed houses is pictured in Suzi, Ishikawa prefecture as more than 200 people remain missing. AP
It was the highest figure since the Kumamoto earthquake in southwestern Japan killed 276 people, including related deaths, in 2016.
Road disruptions and other problems have hampered the delivery of relief supplies.
Freelance cameraman Masao Mochizuki, 73, stood in a long line of Wajima residents in front of a supermarket that reopened on Thursday, to buy essentials.
Torii, or temple gates. standing in front of a damaged building in Wajima, Japan following a 7.6 magnitude earthquake. AFP via Getty Images A residential street is blocked by collapsed houses as road disruptions and other problems have prevented the delivery of relief supplies. AFP via Getty Images
“It’s a relief that they’ve managed to reopen the shop,” Mochizuki told Reuters after buying a box of thermal paste, a sheet of blue plastic to cover the broken window and a pair of shoes to protect his feet from the broken glass. on the floor of his house.
“But I don’t see a path to reconstruction yet,” Mochizuki said, his voice shaking with emotion.
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