According to him, residents of the regions of Japan affected by the earthquake are complaining of serious shortages of food and drinking water. Residents in the city of Suzu, according to NHK, hung signs writing: “Water, blankets, kerosene” and “We need portable toilets.” In this town there were long queues in the few supermarkets that were still operating.
Recall that on January 1, a series of powerful earthquakes with a maximum magnitude of 7.6 occurred in the western part of Japan. The local press wrote that the current seismic activity was the most powerful in the western part of the country since 1885. The authorities declared a tsunami threat. Waves about five meters high were later observed off the coast. Residents posted images of the aftershocks online. Some videos showed the force with which cars or wooden houses parked in the streets shook.
According to the latest data, 94 people were victims of the earthquakes in Japan and 464 were injured. 222 people were missing. The Self-Defense Forces collaborate with the rescue services. The greatest damage occurred in Ishikawa Prefecture. There, the disaster destroyed more than 250 houses. 200 houses burned as a result of the fires.
