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Firefighters search for missing people at a burnt area due to a massive earthquake and fire in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, January 8, 2024. /CFP

A week after a series of earthquakes struck Japan on the New Year's Day, the death toll has risen to 161 with 103 people still missing in Ishikawa Prefecture.

As of Sunday, more than 2,000 people were still cut off by the damage done by the quake and an estimated 1,000 landslides in worst-hit Noto Peninsula.

In the last two days, the region has also been blanketed with snow, with some areas receiving more than 10 centimeters of snowfall overnight, making the operation harder.

Days of rain increased the risk of further landslides, while the fresh heavy snow could cause more buildings to collapse under its weight, the regional government warned.

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Around 18,000 households in Ishikawa remained without electricity on Monday, while more than 66,100 households were without water on Sunday.

For the 28,800 people packed into government shelters, many were also without sufficient water, electricity and heating, according to media reports.

Meanwhile, hundreds of displaced residents are still sheltering at the Noto Satoyama Airport in Wajima City.

"Disaster-related deaths must be prevented at all costs. I want to improve the poor environment in shelters," Ishikawa Governor Hiroshi Hase told broadcaster NHK.

"The first priority has been to rescue people under the rubble, and to reach isolated communities," Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told NHK on Sunday.

The government has deployed various police and fire department helicopters as well as small groups of troops on foot to reach the isolated communities, he said.

(With input from agencies)