Japan earthquake: Death toll climbs to 64 as rescuers race to survivors | BBC News

The Japanese government is stepping up the emergency response to Monday’s earthquake which is now known to have killed 62 people the Prime Minister fumio kishida announced that the number of military personnel involved would be doubled to 2,000 but the emergency effort is being Complicated by further aftershocks as well as heavy rain and

The risk of landslides our correspondent Gene McKenzie is in the region who spent the day trying to reach the town of wajima close to the [Applause] epicenter this is a race for survival rescue workers stream through Japan’s isolated natto Peninsula the roads blocking their way they’re trying to reach these worst

Affected areas in the north where people are trapped under their collapsed homes many families were out at temples celebrating New Year’s Day when Japan was hit by its strongest earthquake in 12 years murisan thought his Shrine was going to collapse the whole gate was swaying the alleyway was swaying too the children

Had to squat on the floor so as not to fall over he told me as we travel towards the epicenter we’re alerted to another earthquake these aftershocks keep coming further in old wooden homes have been brought to the ground not made to withstand the ferocity of Japan’s enduring

Quakes toshio iwahama lives here alone after losing his wife at 82 he doesn’t know how he’ll manage the repairs we always have earthquakes around here but I just didn’t think we get big one like this I didn’t take it seriously I thought we you are safe here

Right this is only the tip of the destruction we are trying to get closer to the epicenter to a city where we know that at least a dozen people have died and many more are trapped in their homes have collapsed but we are struggling because if you look at this road here it

Is completely ruptured and this is what we keep coming up against these roads that are totally blocked off and even these Emergency Services here these rescue teams have been struggling to reach people and these wor ected areas so we are still trying to piece together the extent of the damage and how many

People have been killed and injured some firefighters have managed to get into the wrecked city of wajima and are searching for survivors but the death toll is expected to rise the people here have lived through many an earthquake but never felt Tremors of this magnitude which have shaken both their surroundings and their

Sense of safety

Rescue efforts continue in Japan after at least 64 people were killed in a powerful earthquake that hit the country on New Year’s Day.

Homes collapsed, buildings caught fire and roads were extensively damaged, hindering the work of rescue services.

The epicentre of the 7.6 quake was the Noto peninsula, in central Japan.

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that emergency services were locked in a “race against time” to rescue survivors.

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21 comments

  1. Completely devastating From Türkiye , we are expressing our love and support to our Japanese brothers and sisters. My only hope is that our nation makes every effort to aid in the rehabilitation. Yunus Emre Erincik

  6. I mean it’s going nuts these days in Japan, first day it’s the earthquake, yesterday it’s the two planes fireball, today there’s a huge fire burned down a shopping district…..
    Everyone are wondering what will be happening tomorrow😢

  13. 1:17 2011年に東日本大震災を経験した日本人は皆この緊急地震速報を聞くと瞬間的に恐怖します。今回は自分は東京にいてなにも被害は無かったのですが、今も地震の恐怖に怯えてる石川の人たちが一刻も早く元の生活に戻れるよう願います🤲

  17. The reporter makes note that many of the collapsed houses are built flimsily, not for earthquakes. What should be added is that so very many of the houses that come down have not only flimsy wooden frames, but extremely heavy, ancient-style roofs. I find it a mystery why a nation with a history of quakes allows such buildings to be built.

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