The death toll from a series of shocks that hit southern Japan Thursday in the area of the city of Kumamoto, exceeded 40 – said on Saturday authorities. According to rescue teams, able to bend much more.
Earthquakes in this region are repeated on Thursdays; Saturday morning local time island of Kyushu was hit by a new, weaker aftershocks, the strength to 5.4 on the Richter scale.
Rescue teams predict that the balance of the victims probably will be an increase because many people were buried alive under the ruins. Meteorological services have warned that because of the rain situation may worsen, because in the region occur probably further landslides and mudslides.
Thousands of evacuees
of the approximately 184 thousand injured people they are in serious condition. On the affected areas were evacuated more than 90 thousand. people. – We need to save lives and to act quickly. It has already begun to rain, and the rain will become stronger. The task of emergency will be the night extremely difficult, but the victims are waiting – said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
He informed Secretary Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, the area of the city of Kumamoto received more than 300 phone calls requesting help for people trapped in collapsed or damaged homes, and the neighboring area of Oita approx. 100.
about 200 thousand. households were left without electricity due to damaged power lines. Seriously affected roads, railways and other infrastructure; destroyed a 200-meter bridge.
In a nursing home in Mashiki, where there were the greatest destruction of the trapped were 66 residents.
On Saturday morning there was a small eruption is in the area of earthquake Aso volcano. Did not cause danger.
RUPTLY / x-news
Nuclear power is safe
Television NHK reported that there were no irregularities Sendai nuclear power plant. It is the only operating nuclear power plant in Japan; in other reactors were excluded after the earthquake of March 2011, which resulted in the deaths of at least 20,000 people, massive destruction and nuclear catastrophe in Fukushima.
According to Japanese service, the epicenter of the tremors was in the region of southeast from the city of Kumamoto. Fireplace tremors was located at a depth of 10 km.
The earthquake has forced many factories – including plants of Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Sony, Fujifilm – to halt production.
It destroyed or has been damaged many buildings. In several places the fires broke out. Local authorities have assured that listed where nuclear reactors are safe.
In March 2011 earthquake and powerful tsunami caused in north-eastern Japan killed at least 20,000 people and massive destruction.
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