U.S. Military Delivers Aid To Japan After Earthquakes
108 weeks ago
Two U.S. Army UH-60 "Black Hawk" helicopters carrying aid supplies touched down on the earthquake-stricken Noto peninsula in Japan on Wednesday (January 17).
Personnel from Japan's Self Defence Forces unloaded boxes from the aircraft, which had travelled to the peninsula from Camp Zama base near Tokyo.
The scale of the U.S. assistance could expand over the coming days, sources have told Reuters.
More than 220 people are confirmed to have died in the quake that destroyed thousands of homes, vital infrastructure and knocked out power in the area. Relief efforts have been hampered by strong aftershocks that could trigger fresh landslides and further damage weakened structures.
Personnel from Japan's Self Defence Forces unloaded boxes from the aircraft, which had travelled to the peninsula from Camp Zama base near Tokyo.
The scale of the U.S. assistance could expand over the coming days, sources have told Reuters.
More than 220 people are confirmed to have died in the quake that destroyed thousands of homes, vital infrastructure and knocked out power in the area. Relief efforts have been hampered by strong aftershocks that could trigger fresh landslides and further damage weakened structures.
