NANAO, Ishikawa Prefecture Commuters and railway workers here cheered as Noto Railway Co. partially resumed operations on Feb. 15, more than six weeks after the New Year’s Day earthquake damaged its tracks.
The misery, unsanitary conditions and hygiene problems caused by severed water supplies in quake-ravaged Ishikawa Prefecture could continue for weeks or even longer.
Looters, scam artists and thieves have descended on Ishikawa Prefecture, preying on victims of the New Year’s Day earthquake who are struggling for survival.
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