Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, January 2 (Reporter Jiang Qiaomei Guo Dan) Japan's Kyodo News Agency reported on the 2nd, citing relevant departments in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, that the municipal Wajima Hospital confirmed on the 2nd that the number of deaths on the Noto Peninsula ** increased by 7. At present, the death toll caused by this ** has risen to 13.
The Japan Meteorological Agency announced on the morning of the 2nd that all tsunami warnings for coastal areas in the Sea of Japan have been lifted.
Television footage from Nippon television showed that Wajima City and Suzu City in Ishikawa Prefecture, the hardest-hit areas, suffered the most damage, with many homes collapsed in both cities. A seven-story building in Wajima City collapsed in its entirety, and the fire in the downtown area has not been extinguished. In the port of Zhuzhou City, the embankment was damaged and several fishing boats capsized.
At the time of the strong earthquake, four Hokuriku Shinkansen trains running between Toyama Station in Toyama Prefecture and Kanazawa Station in Ishikawa Prefecture made an emergency stop, and after 11 hours of waiting, 1,400 passengers arrived at Toyama Station and Kanazawa Station in the early morning of the 2nd. Some sections of the Hokuriku Shinkansen and Joetsu Shinkansen were suspended on the morning of the 2nd.
According to information provided by the Japan Road Traffic Information Center, some sections of the Hokuriku, Notsu, and Tokai-Hokuriku Expressways in Japan, as well as some national highways in Ishikawa Prefecture, are currently closed. Landslides and road cracks occurred in many places in Ishikawa Prefecture. Two bridges, including the Notoshima Bridge, were impassable due to the bulge in the road, and the transportation of relief supplies was blocked. Noto Airport in Wajima City was unusable due to runways and terminals, and all four flights at the airport were suspended on the 2nd.
Local ** reported that more than 10 medical institutions were affected to varying degrees. According to statistics from Hokuriku Electric Power Company, as of 4 a.m. on the 2nd, there were about 3 in Ishikawa Prefecture alone20,000 households were without power. Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has confirmed that there are water outages in Ishikawa, Toyama, Nagano, Niigata and other prefectures. Hokuriku Gas Company said that there were gas leaks at 10 locations in Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture. In addition, mobile phone communication was disrupted in the four prefectures of Ishikawa, Niigata, Toyama, and Fukui.
At 16:10 local time (15:10 Beijing time) on the 1st, 7Level 6** and cause a tsunami. The Japan Meteorological Agency named the Noto Peninsula this time