Find earthquake survivors in a “race against time” as Japan lifts tsunami warnings and the death toll increases
On Tuesday, scenes of devastation appeared along the western coast of Japan as rescuers rushed to help individuals who were buried beneath the debris of a 7.5-magnitude earthquake that had killed dozens of people and caused numerous aftershocks.
On Monday afternoon, an earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula in the central prefecture of Ishikawa, causing buildings to collapse, fires to start, and tsunami warnings to be sent as far away as eastern Russia.
As of Tuesday afternoon, at least 48 deaths had been officially reported, an Ishikawa prefecture representative told CNN.
The northern area of the remote Noto Peninsula has had restricted access for more than 24 hours after the earthquake, but the Meteorological Agency of Japan cancelled all tsunami advisories along portions of t...