Japan earthquake death toll rises to 28 as evacuees battle sweltering heat

Thousands of people are staying in evacuation centres, struggling to keep cool as temperatures soar.

Japan Earthquake Death Toll Rises to 34

Rescue crews were working to find people who might still be trapped in a collapsed shopping mall, as the region faced sweltering heat.

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Death toll in Japan earthquake rises to 17 as aftershock and heat complicate rescue efforts

Soldiers and emergency workers are combing through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors The death toll from the major earthquake that hit Japan on Tuesday has risen to 17, as the search for trapped survivors inside a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses in the country’s south-west continues. The magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck the Kumamoto prefecture on the island of Kyushu has injured at least 62, the prefectural government said. T...

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Japan quake toll hits 34 as survivors struggle in heat

Japanese emergency workers battled Thursday to find survivors from a wrecked shopping mall, as the death toll from a major earthquake two days earlier hit 34 and thousands sweltered in punishing heat. The quake caused widespread damage, flattening homes, damaging bridges, triggering fires and leaving tens of thousands of residents without power and water in temperatures forecast to hit 38C this weekend.

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Japan earthquake aftermath: Death count hits 34 amid rising heat

The quake caused widespread damage, triggering fires and leaving thousands of residents without power and water with temperatures hitting 39 degrees Celsius

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Death Count In Japan Earthquake Rises To 34 As Search For Survivors Continues

Japan is one of the world's most seismically active countries, sitting on top of four major tectonic plates along the western edge of the Pacific "Ring of Fire."

Japan quake survivors battle thirst, heat as toll rises to 17

The 7.1-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Japan toppled houses and split open streets in the small city of Yatsushiro, but town official Akio Matsushita is most worried about the invisible threats from the lack of water and power amid the punishing summer heat. Many of the port city’s roughly 58,000 households were still without running […]

Japan quake toll hits 28 as survivors struggle in heat

Japanese emergency workers were battling to rescue any remaining survivors from a devastated shopping centre, as the death toll from a major earthquake hit 28 and thousands sweltered in punishing heat.

Drowning the future

THE floods are visiting us again. The death toll will be counted within days. The damage to roads, bridges and embankments will be tallied within weeks and translated into a dollar figure. Expect this assessment to dominate the coverage. It is legitimate but a wrong ledger regardless. The real casualty of this flood, and the one before it, and the one before that, is not standing in the rubble. It is sitting in a classroom that no longer exists, or should be sitting there and is not. Pakistan...

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Japan's urgent search for mall collapse survivors as earthquake death toll rises to 17

Rescuers continue to search the wreckage of an Aeon Mall complex that collapsed during the earthquake.

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Japan earthquake death toll rises to 34 as evacuees battle sweltering heat

The number of people who have died after a powerful earthquake hit southwestern Japan has risen to 34, authorities in Kumamoto prefecture said on Thursday.

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