Sunday, March 27, 2011

Raises the number of confirmed deaths to more than 10 000 in Japan

The number of confirmed dead after the tsunami and registered on 11 March in the Northeast more than 10,000, within two weeks after the disaster, said Friday the Japanese police. According to the latest statistics released on Friday at 11:00 (02:00 GMT), police said 10 thousand 35 were confirmed dead and 17 000 443 people are missing.

The amount is two thousand wounded 775, police said, which centralizes the statistics produced by the different prefectures concerned and identify the bodies. His last trial balance, at 23:00 Thursday local (14:00 GMT), were more than 27 000 dead or missing, including nine thousand 811 confirmed dead, is identified, and 17 thousand 541 people unaccounted for .

It is the deadliest natural disaster recorded in Japan since 1923, when an earthquake in the Tokyo region caused more than 142 people dead.

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