死者２３３人に　発生から３週間―能登地震

　石川県は能登半島地震の発生から３週間となった２２日、午後２時時点で死者が２３３人だったと発表した。災害関連死が能登町で前日から１人増えて１５人となった。連絡が取れない安否不明者は２２人で、前日と変わらなかった。
　県によると、死者の内訳は珠洲市９９人、輪島市９８人、穴水町２０人、能登町８人など。安否不明者は輪島市１８人、珠洲市４人。
　気象庁によると、余震は緩やかに減少しているが、依然活発に続いており、今後１週間は最大震度５強程度以上の地震に注意が必要という。
　石川県は２３日夜遅くから２５日ごろに大雪になる所があるとみられ、同庁は積雪による家屋の倒壊にも注意を呼び掛けている。（2024/01/22-17:08）

The death toll in Ishikawa Prefecture from the 7.6-magnitute earthquake that struck central Japan on Jan. 1 totaled 233 as of 2 p.m. Monday, the prefectural government said.
   Of the total, the number of people who died of indirect causes related to the disaster rose by one from Sunday to 15.
   The overall fatalities included 99 in the city of Suzu, 98 in the city of Wajima, 20 in the town of Anamizu and eight in the town of Noto. The number of people still unaccounted for was unchanged at 22--18 in Wajima and four in Suzu.
   With three weeks having passed since the quake in the Noto Peninsula, which measured up to the maximum level of 7 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told a press conference in Tokyo on Monday, "We will continue providing relief supplies according to the local needs and make every effort for sanitary control in affected areas and health management at evacuation facilities."
   Physical and mental fatigue of affected people is increasing due to prolonged evacuation, the top government spokesman said.