With official news that 27,601 people are confirmed dead or missing from the March 11th earthquake. FTH sends reinforcements to help our distribution partners, CRASH, on the ground in Japan today.Joining CRASH, will be Jean-Pierre Rummens with over 300 trips to 53 countries from FTH Germany and Armanda da Roza from FTH Hong Kong who speaks some Japanese and is familiar with the area.
Jean-Pierre and Armanda will help co-ordinate phase-two relief operations underway.
North East Japan remains in chaos after an earthquake and tsunami struck the coastal city of Sendai, 400km north east of Tokyo. The 9.0 magnitude earthquake caused a 15m high Tsunami wave that crashed over seawalls standing 8m high and swept 6km inland catching thousands of people in its deadly surge. Authorities estimate that 400 square kilometres have been affected by the tsunami. Over 300 aftershocks have been recorded in the affected region.
As of the 25th March authorities have confirmed that over 27,000 people are dead or missing.
118,000 homes were damaged, 19,000 homes destroyed, over 2,000 roads, 36 railways and 54 bridges were damaged. 2.6 million homes lost access to electricity, 1.4 million homes lost access to water, 3.2 million lost access to gas. This lack of services has become an acute problem as the area has been experiencing harsh cold weather including rain, snow and temperatures averaging around 1C for two weeks.
Bad weather, poor road conditions, lack of transportation fuel are hampering relief efforts. Inconsistent supplies have caused distributions of poor quantity and quality. Supplies to hospitals and evacuation centres are insufficient.
The loss of life has been reported at both hospitals and evacuation centres due a combination of harsh weather and lack of supplies. 53% of hospitals in the area are closed or only partly operational due to shortage of supplies, lack of utilities and the damage sustained. 40 elderly survivors have died in evacuation centres to date. Authorities estimate that 70% of evacuation centres are elderly. The elderly appear to have been the hardest hit by the disaster: 19% of total casualties were over 60 years of age; 22% were over 70; 23% were over 80.
Search and Rescue efforts reluctantly ended on March 23rd with over 40,000 people rescued mainly from isolation caused by flood inundation. The government has now turned its efforts to restore infrastructure in the affected region with 90% of roads and telecommunications restored.
173,200 people remain in 2,000 temporary evacuation shelters across the region down from its peak of 416,300 people. 190,000 homes remain without electricity. 372,000 homes without water. 330,000 homes without gas. With authorities expecting it could take four more weeks to restore these vital utilities.
Harsh weather, lack of supplies, and inconsistent distributions means that Japan remains in an emergency disaster situation. FTH is in a race against time to get food, water and relief supplies into affected regions. Survivors have an urgent need for drinkable water, basic food and shelter. The need is enormous. The situation remains desperate.
Please do your part to help. Please pray and partner with us to help the churches of Japan rebuild community and bring Hope in a desperate situation. www.feedthehungry.org.uk
As of the 25th March authorities have confirmed that over 27,000 people are dead or missing.
118,000 homes were damaged, 19,000 homes destroyed, over 2,000 roads, 36 railways and 54 bridges were damaged. 2.6 million homes lost access to electricity, 1.4 million homes lost access to water, 3.2 million lost access to gas. This lack of services has become an acute problem as the area has been experiencing harsh cold weather including rain, snow and temperatures averaging around 1C for two weeks.
Bad weather, poor road conditions, lack of transportation fuel are hampering relief efforts. Inconsistent supplies have caused distributions of poor quantity and quality. Supplies to hospitals and evacuation centres are insufficient.
The loss of life has been reported at both hospitals and evacuation centres due a combination of harsh weather and lack of supplies. 53% of hospitals in the area are closed or only partly operational due to shortage of supplies, lack of utilities and the damage sustained. 40 elderly survivors have died in evacuation centres to date. Authorities estimate that 70% of evacuation centres are elderly. The elderly appear to have been the hardest hit by the disaster: 19% of total casualties were over 60 years of age; 22% were over 70; 23% were over 80.
Search and Rescue efforts reluctantly ended on March 23rd with over 40,000 people rescued mainly from isolation caused by flood inundation. The government has now turned its efforts to restore infrastructure in the affected region with 90% of roads and telecommunications restored.
173,200 people remain in 2,000 temporary evacuation shelters across the region down from its peak of 416,300 people. 190,000 homes remain without electricity. 372,000 homes without water. 330,000 homes without gas. With authorities expecting it could take four more weeks to restore these vital utilities.
Harsh weather, lack of supplies, and inconsistent distributions means that Japan remains in an emergency disaster situation. FTH is in a race against time to get food, water and relief supplies into affected regions. Survivors have an urgent need for drinkable water, basic food and shelter. The need is enormous. The situation remains desperate.
Please do your part to help. Please pray and partner with us to help the churches of Japan rebuild community and bring Hope in a desperate situation. www.feedthehungry.org.uk
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