Gempa bumi Jepun: Angka kematian meningkat kepada 30

TOKYO: Sekurang-kurangnya 24 orang maut di wilayah Ishikawa selepas beberapa siri gempa bumi kuat melanda tengah Jepun dan kawasan sekitar, Xinhua memetik laporan Agensi Berita Kyodo pada Selasa.

Susulan insiden itu, kebakaran tercetus di pusat pelancongan terkenal di sekitar pasar pagi Wajima hingga memusnahkan sekitar 200 bangunan.

Beberapa bangunan turut runtuh menyebabkan 14 orang tertimbus.

100 bangunan di Ishikawa musnah akibat gempa

Orang ramai turut mengalami kecederaan di wilayah Niigata, Toyama, Fukui dan Gifu akibat bangunan runtuh atau rosak.

Perdana Menteri Jepun Fumio Kishida berkata bahawa kerajaan telah menghantar beberapa pasukan pertahanan ke kawasan terjejas dan akan terus memberikan bantuan.

Sejak Isnin, Jepun telah dilanda sekurang-kurangnya 155 siri gempa bumi.

-- BERNAMA

Consider This: Heavy Vehicles - How Can Malaysia’s Roads Be Made Safer?

In the first ten months of 2024, 825 lorries were involved in fatal accidents, contributing to over 5,300 deaths—a stark reminder that although heavy vehicles make up a small fraction of traffic, their disproportionate involvement in fatalities highlight deep systemic issues. On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks with Qamar Wan Noor, Leadership and Transformation Consultant and the former COO of the-then Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) and Shahrim Tamrin, who is a Road Safety and Sustainable Transport Activist and Former Board Member of the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS).