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. 0ur asia correspondent suranjana teqari told me how the conditions are hampering the rescue effort. there is actually heavy rain forecast and potential landslides, and the authorities have said that that will hamper rescue efforts further. the peninsula where the earthquake struck on monday is a very narrow peninsula, it s not heavily populated, but the roads are quite narrow and they have been damaged in the earthquake and that has made it really difficult, asjean s report mentioned not only for our teams to reach the most affected areas, but also those rescue workers. the other problem that is hampering rescue operations is after shocks and tremors.
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. 0ur asia correspondent, suranjana teqari, told me how the conditions are hampering the rescue effort. there is actually heavy rain forecast and potential landslides, and the authorities have said that that will hamper rescue efforts further. the peninsula where the earthquake struck on monday is a very narrow peninsula, it is not heavily