.- More than half the deaths due to and tsunami in the northeast of the March 11 were 65 years or more, and most drowned, according to police data released by Japan's Kyodo local agency. The latest data collected on the tragedy speak of 13 000 843 14 000 030 dead and missing, police said today. Of the nine thousand 112 dead in the provinces of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima whose identity is confirmed, four thousand 990 or 54.8% were 65 years or more.
This figure is more than double what this age group represented in the three regions in the censuses prior to March 11. According to the police in the province of Miyagi, of the eight thousand 015 confirmed deaths until April 10, seven thousand and 676 (95.8%) were due to drowning in the tsunami.
Experts said it can also be assumed that the other two provinces were mainly deaths due to drowning and this confirms that the already aging northeastern communities have been hardest hit by the disaster. Today, eight thousand have confirmed 412 deaths in Miyagi, three thousand 981 thousand 387 in Iwate and Fukushima.
The figures show a clear difference from the earthquake that struck the Kobe area in 1995, where most victims died from landslides caused by the quake. Fumihiko Imamura, tsunami expert from Tohoku University, said, cities are planned from now, those from the coast will be safer for elderly residents. 
This figure is more than double what this age group represented in the three regions in the censuses prior to March 11. According to the police in the province of Miyagi, of the eight thousand 015 confirmed deaths until April 10, seven thousand and 676 (95.8%) were due to drowning in the tsunami.
Experts said it can also be assumed that the other two provinces were mainly deaths due to drowning and this confirms that the already aging northeastern communities have been hardest hit by the disaster. Today, eight thousand have confirmed 412 deaths in Miyagi, three thousand 981 thousand 387 in Iwate and Fukushima.
The figures show a clear difference from the earthquake that struck the Kobe area in 1995, where most victims died from landslides caused by the quake. Fumihiko Imamura, tsunami expert from Tohoku University, said, cities are planned from now, those from the coast will be safer for elderly residents.
- Anciano Tempranillo Riserva 2004 review by (PB) (11/04/2011)
- La Mitad Del Mundo (28/03/2011)
- Earthquake / Tsunami / Vulcan in Japan - Please Help (14/03/2011)
- Chinese friend an online witness to suspicious death in Toronto (18/04/2011)
- "RE: FBI Seeks Help Cracking Code in Murder Victim’s Notes - NYTimes.com" and related posts (01/04/2011)
No comments:
Post a Comment