Rescuers still searching for missing individuals
Rescuers still searching for missing individuals;
Death toll now 92 due to Japan quake
Death toll now 92 due to Japan quake
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00:00 The critical 72 hour period for finding survivors from once the Ishikawa earthquake struck just ended.
00:06 Still rescuers in Japan are scrambling to find 242 missing people after the New Year's Day earthquake struck.
00:14 Meanwhile, the death count inched upward to 92 from an 82 count yesterday, Thursday.
00:20 What a difference from the death toll from an identical 7.6 magnitude earthquake that left 55,000 dead in Turkey and Syria in February last year.
00:30 The number of troops from the Japan Self-Defense Forces participating in rescue and relief operations has been doubled to 4,600, the Kyoto News Agency said.