Five Days Later and Over 100 Dead

The death toll in the central Japan prefecture of…

An episode of the Disability News Japan podcast, hosted by Michael Gillan Peckitt, titled "Five Days Later and Over 100 Dead" was published on January 6, 2024 and runs 1 minutes.

January 6, 2024 ·1m · Disability News Japan

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Summary

The death toll in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa from Monday's powerful earthquake has risen to 126, prefectural officials said Saturday. The magnitude-7.6 New Year's Day quake has left 210 people unaccounted for in the prefecture, the officials said. The toll is likely to increase, as many people are believed to remain trapped under collapsed houses. More than 30,000 people stay in evacuation facilities set up in the prefecture. Water outage continues to affect about 66,400 households, and some 23,200 households are out of electricity. *Since making the podcast episode the death toll increased again from 100 to 126. Episode Notes: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2024/01/06/central-japan-quake-death-toll-rises-to-126/

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The death toll in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa from Monday's powerful earthquake has risen to 126, prefectural officials said Saturday. The magnitude-7.6 New Year's Day quake has left 210 people unaccounted for in the prefecture, the officials said. The toll is likely to increase, as many people are believed to remain trapped under collapsed houses. More than 30,000 people stay in evacuation facilities set up in the prefecture. Water outage continues to affect about 66,400 households, and some 23,200 households are out of electricity. *Since making the podcast episode the death toll increased again from 100 to 126. Episode Notes: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2024/01/06/central-japan-quake-death-toll-rises-to-126/

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