Traveling through ground zero of Japan’s earthquake zone - NBC News
Jan 7, 2024 · WAJIMA, Japan — The fishing town of Wajima is destroyed almost beyond recognition. Buildings and houses have toppled into nearly every street, and the historic market at the center of the town...
Japan earthquakes: Death toll reaches 100 as ... - Associated Press News
Jan 6, 2024 · WAJIMA, Japan (AP) — The death toll from a major earthquake in western Japan reached 100 Saturday, as rescue workers fought aftershocks to carefully pull people from the rubble. Deaths had reached 98 earlier in the day, but two more deaths were reported in Anamizu, while officials in Ishikawa prefecture, the hardest-hit region, held their ...
Japan earthquake: Rescuers pull survivors from rubble in Wajima ... - CNN
Jan 5, 2024 · In Suzu city, about an hour’s drive from Wajima across the battered Noto peninsula, video from Wednesday showed rescuers digging through the rubble of a collapsed house and carrying out a...
Japan reports dozens of fatalities after series of strong ... - NBC News
Jan 1, 2024 · Eight people were confirmed dead and seven people were seriously injured in Wajima city, according to NHK. The two other deaths were reported in unspecified locations.
Japan earthquake: Woman in her 80s found as critical 72-hour ... - BBC
Jan 4, 2024 · Public broadcaster NHK showed video of the woman being lifted out of her home in the town of Wajima. Rescuers are racing against time in their search for survivors, as a critical three-day window...
Japan earthquake recovery hampered by weather, aftershocks ... - CBS News
January 8, 2024 / 6:22 AM EST / CBS/AP. Wajima, Japan — Thousands of people made homeless in an instant by the powerful earthquake in western Japan were still living in weariness and uncertainty...
Powerful quake rocks Japan, nearly 100,000 residents ordered to ...
TOKYO, Jan 1 (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake struck central Japan on Monday, killing at least one person, destroying buildings, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes and prompting...
Japan earthquake: Video shows buildings swept away by landslide in Wajima
Jan 5, 2024 · Video has emerged showing the moment a group of people escaped a massive landslide in Wajima, Japan. The footage, taken on New Year's Day, was taken after a devastating magnitude 7.6 earthquake...
Japan earthquake: Eerie search for bodies near epicentre - BBC
Wajima now resembles a ghost town. Most heeded the early warnings to evacuate, when tsunamis were forecast, and now their homes are too damaged or unsafe to return to. Devoid of people, car and...
Aftershocks rattle Japan as death toll rises after powerful ... - ABC News
Jan 2, 2024 · At least 55 people are dead after a quake struck the west coast, per the AP. A firefighter looks up the rubble and wreckage of a burnt-out marketplace following earthquake in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024.