and crew did manage to escape the aircraft before it was engulfed in flames. injapan officials say at least 48 people and died in many others trapped beneath rubble after monday s powerful earthquake. will stay with that story in japan because 48 people are now known to have died in monday s earthquake. the countries prime minister says rescue teams are facing a race against time to find survivors still trapped beneath the rubble. the quake that measured a magnitude of 7.6 hit the province of noto. my correspondent reports from the epicentre. sirens this is a race for survival. rescue workers stream through japan s isolated noto 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, whenjapan was hit by its strongest earthquake in 12 years. nomura san thought his shrine was going to collapse. the whole gate w
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further in, old wooden homes have been brought to the ground, not made to withstand the ferocity ofjapan s enduring quakes. toshio iwahama lives here alone after losing his wife. at 82, he doesn t know how he ll manage the repairs. translation: we always have earthquakes around here, - but i just didn t think we d get a big one like this. i didn t take it seriously. i thought we were safe here. this is only the tip of the destruction. we are trying to get closer to the epicentre, to a city where we know that at least a dozen people have died and many more are trapped in their homes that 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 in these worst affected areas.
many families were out at temples celebrating new year s day whenjapan was hit by its strongest earthquake in 12 years. nomura san 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. alerts chime. as we travel towards the epicentre, 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 ofjapan s enduring quakes. toshio iwahama lives here alone after losing his wife. at 82, he doesn t know how he ll manage the repairs. translation: we always have
alerts chime. as we travel towards the epicentre, 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 ofjapan s enduring quakes. toshio iwahama lives here alone after losing his wife. at 82, he doesn t know how he ll manage the repairs. translation: we always have earthquakes around here. - but i just didn t think we d get a big one like this. i didn t take it seriously. i thought we were safe here. this is only the tip of the destruction. we are trying to get closer to the epicentre, to a city where we know that at least a dozen people have died and many more are trapped in their homes that have collapsed. but we are struggling because if you look at this road here, it is completely ruptured, and this is what we keep