MILAN - 'increasingly heavy toll of earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck Japan Friday . The death toll is updated every hour and in the media of Japan, according to the calculations of the first Saturday morning, confirmed the deaths have risen at an altitude of 710, adding to the 613 reported by other cases where police have the news media. However, the number is expected to grow further. According to other sources, citing police estimates, there is talk of a total of 1,400 dead and missing. Difficult, however, that all persons who are missing can be found safe and sound. Meanwhile the focus remains high near the power plant in Fukushima: already registered Friday was a dangerous intensification of radiation around the implant; today there was an explosion that would cause the collapse of part of the cage reactor containment .
THE NUMBERS - According to the latest budget of the police, at least 613 people lost their lives in different regions of the north and east of the country. More than 200 corpses were discovered on the beach in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, after the passage of a wave over 10 meters. There are about 1,200 homes in tsunami-affected area. Other 784 people are reported missing. The police reportedly also injured 1,128. According to the National Agency for fires and disasters are 3,400 buildings partially or completely destroyed in the area hit by earthquake and tsunami, about 5.57 million homes are without electricity and running water of 600,000. What Friday's earthquake was the most violent of all the history of Japan, a country high seismic risk: a magnitude of 8.9, was egister ed trademark of kings at 24.4 km deep and a hundred miles off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture. At the first shock are followed by many other settling all day on Friday. And in the morning today in Niigata prefecture in north-west of the country, there was an earthquake of magnitude 6.7.
BLACKOUT RISK - Meanwhile, the country tries to muster the strength to stand up. Not an easy task, since the seismic wave has jeopardized the supply of energy. The Japanese power company, Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) has launched this morning the alarm on the risk of electricity blackouts in the capital and in its surroundings, due to the damage to the plants that feed the region. The company invited the public to reduce consumption of electricity, adding that demand may exceed its capacity at the end of the day. TEPCO has asked for help to other companies that supply the rest of the country, according to agency Kyodo reported. The company suffers from the problems encountered in the two nuclear power plants in Fukushima Prefecture, hit hard by the earthquake and tsunami: it now two plants are put at risk and in consequence the authorities ordered the evacuation of the population within a radius two miles from the plant.
resume flights - tests return to normal even at the airports. Cathay Pacific Airways has announced that this afternoon will resume scheduled flights to the international airport of Narita and Haneda in Tokyo. The airports, in fact, are gradually returning to normal after the earthquake of magnitude 8.8 struck the coast of northeastern Japan. The flights to and from Fukuoka, Nagoya, Osaka, Sapporo work regularly, but passengers are asked to predict delays.
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