South China Morning Post
AsiaPac · 23 mins ago
Heatstroke fears rise as Japan quake victims face El Nino weather without power, water
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 water or power on Thursday, two days since the quake hit Kumamoto prefecture, killing at least 17 people.
Matsushita, who is helping lead relief...
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