Rescuers sift through rubble and debris to look for survivors of strong earthquake in Japan
Rescuers sift through rubble and debris to look for survivors of strong earthquake in Japan
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00:00 Search and rescue teams are in a race against time to find more survivors amidst the rubble,
00:05 debris, landslides in the hard-hit areas of the Ishikawa Prefecture on Japan's Honshu mainland.
00:11 The latest official reckoning has the death toll climbing to 62,
00:15 even as bad weather has begun to hamper search and rescue plus relief operations.
00:20 Even more so, weather forecasts called for heavy rains today, Wednesday, raising fears of even
00:26 more landslides in the quake-hit areas. The tens of thousands of residents who fled their homes
00:32 ahead of the tsunami waves are still sheltering in cramped and overcrowded evacuation centers.
00:38 Likewise, the estimated 30,000 households that have lost power have yet to regain their
00:44 electricity back, even as they struggle to live in the dark and amid sub-freezing temperatures.
00:50 And though the 2024 New Year's Day earthquake evokes memories and flashbacks of the devastation
00:56 from the 2011 Fukushima ground shaker, a government spokesperson said no irregularities
01:02 or damage on any nuclear plant near the epicenter have been reported thus far.