Updated information has been received on the consequences of a series of powerful earthquakes off the Noto Peninsula on the coast of the Sea of Japan.
It is reported that 180 Japanese became victims of the attacks of the raging disaster. And this is not the final figure yet, since rescue efforts continue.
And the TASS agency, citing a statement by the authorities of Ishikawa Prefecture, has officially known about 180 dead by this time.
Before this, we recall that the media reported that 168 residents of this region of Japan died as a result of the disaster.
In addition, it is reported that at least 120 people are considered missing.
They have not yet been contacted by emergency services to confirm their current whereabouts.
According to official information, the number of victims of the destructive tremors is (at this time) 565 people.
About 28,000 residents of those areas of the country that survived the disaster are still in evacuation points.
Ishikawa Prefecture suffered the most from the earthquakes, where at least 1,370 houses were destroyed and more than 300 buildings were burned in fires.
Earlier it was reported that the number of earthquakes in Japan reached 110 people.
