Hundreds cut off after Japan quake that killed 78
More than 50 people were reported missing Thursday as Japanese rescuers battled to reach hundreds still cut off from help three days after a devastating earthquake left at least 78 dead. | As the frantic search for survivors continues, more than a dozen communities remained isolated by landslides and blocked roads in central Japan, where the 7.5-magnitude quake struck on Monday. The powerful main tremor, followed by hundreds of aftershocks, injured at least 330 people, local authorities said. ● Authorities also published a list on Thursday of 51 people whose whereabouts could not be confirmed. ● Further scenes of destruction were seen by AFP in the coastal town of Anamizu, including cars crushed under crumbling concrete and whole facades torn off three-storey structures. ● Thousands of soldiers, firefighters and police officers from across Japan combed through the rubble of collapsed wooden houses and toppled commercial buildings for signs of life.
■ Death toll climbs to 78 in Japan earthquake, 51 still missing (Yeni Şafak)