能登半島大地震、発生！！

◆◇◆◇◆◇◆◇◆◇◆◇◆◇◆◇◆◇◆◇◆◇◆◇ グロービッシュの 「3分で英語ニュースを読む」 Vol.86 ◆◇◆◇◆◇◆◇◆◇◆◇◆◇◆◇◆◇◆◇◆◇◆◇ How are you doing? Let’s start Globish together! 新年早々不穏な事態が起こりました。能登半島の被災地 の皆様、お見舞い申し上げます。一日も早く救援物資 が届きますように。行方不明の方々がご無事で発見さ れますように。 それでは、地震の記事を読みましょう。 設問： How many people in nine prefectures were Instructed to evacuate? Huge earthquake rocks Japan on New Year’s Day A powerful earthquake that hit Japan’s western coast on New Year’s Day killed at least 48 people, as police and local authorities on Jan. 2 reported bodies being pulled from the rubble of collapsed buildings. The magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck near Ishi- kawa Prefecture’s Noto Peninsula in the middle of the afternoon on Jan.1, destroying buildings, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes and prompting residents in some coastal areas to flee to higher ground.