Emergency personnel remaining on the volcanic island of Miyake, some 200 km south of Tokyo, on Saturday resumed work to repair infrastructure damaged by recent mudslides.
The repair work, which was suspended due to torrential rain, is focusing on repairing roads damaged and blocked at six spots and restoring power in the Ako district on the west side of the island, Miyake village officials said.
The officials warned that telephone services on the island and three neighboring isles may be interrupted Monday if a telephone relay station powered by an electric generator by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. in Ako runs short of fuel.
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