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Tokyo to face 'toilet refugee' crisis in quake: study
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 28, 2008 A dreaded major earthquake in Tokyo would set off a crisis of "toilet refugees," with a restroom shortage for nearly 820,000 people, a government study said. An expert panel of the government's Central Disaster Prevention Council came to the conclusion this week while studying the potential impact of a 7.3-magnitude earthquake in the tremor-prone metropolis. According to the study, some 817,000 people would find themselves without toilets two hours after such a big tremor, which would cut off 46 percent of Tokyo's water supply. The wait to use a toilet would be four and a half hours in central Chiyoda ward, home to the headquarters of major companies, government buildings and the imperial palace. "Besides food and water, shortage of toilets is one of the major issues in post-disaster situations," said Itsuki Nakabayashi, head of the study panel. The group is advising Tokyo residents always to carry pocket-sized tissue papers or plastic bags for emergency toilet use and urged companies to have portable toilets on standby. The Japanese government has warned an earthquake with a magnitude of around seven could hit the capital in the coming decades, killing 11,000 people and causing economic damage of 112 trillion yen (1.2 trillion dollars). Japan is hit by 20 percent of the world's powerful earthquakes. Much of Tokyo was destroyed in the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, which left 142,807 people dead or unaccounted for. Related Links Bringing Order To A World Of Disasters A world of storm and tempest When the Earth Quakes
African Migrants Flood Into Spanish Enclave
Madrid (AFP) Oct 27, 2008Around 40 African migrants took advantage of flood damage at the border to cross into Spain's North African enclave of Melilla from Morocco on Monday, police and local government officials said. |
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