128 Dead and 560 Injured in Japan's Noto Peninsula Floods... Government to Designate as 'Specific Emergency Disaster'

8th Designation of Specific Emergency Disaster

As of the 7th, the death toll from the magnitude 7.6 earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on New Year's Day has reached a total of 128.

According to Ishikawa Prefecture's tally, the confirmed number of deaths as of 2 a.m. on that day increased by 2 compared to the previous day.

By region, there are 69 deaths in Wajima City, 38 in Suzu City, 11 in Anamizu, and 5 in Nanao City.

The number of injured is 560.

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However, the overall damage situation is still not fully understood.

The number of residents reported as "missing" according to Ishikawa Prefecture's count decreased by about 20 from the previous day but still stood at 195.

The Japanese government plans to designate the Noto earthquake as a "Specified Emergency Disaster," Kyodo News reported. According to the report, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida instructed the ministers attending the Emergency Disaster Response Headquarters meeting held at the Prime Minister's Office that day to promptly proceed with the designation process.

The designation of a Specified Emergency Disaster will be the eighth such case, following the 1995 Hanshin Earthquake, the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, and the July 2020 Kyushu heavy rains.

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