The misery, unsanitary conditions and hygiene problems caused by severed water supplies in quake-ravaged Ishikawa Prefecture could continue for weeks or even longer.
Two weeks after the powerful New Year’s Day quake rocked the Noto Peninsula, about 19,000 people are still taking refuge at school gymnasiums, community centers and other makeshift evacuation shelters.
TOKYO (XINHUA) – The death toll rose to 213 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa yesterday, after a series of strong quakes of up to 7.6 magnitude jolted the prefecture and its vicinity, local media reported. A total of 52 people remained unaccounted for in the hardest-hit prefecture as of 9am, while at least […]