Japan quake toll hits 34 as survivors struggle amid heat

Japanese emergency workers yesterday searched tirelessly for survivors at a wrecked shopping mall, as the death toll from a major earthquake hit 34 and tens of thousands were left without power in punishing heat. The Kumamoto disaster management office issued the new tally for Tuesday’s quake, with seven bodies extract

Many of the port city's roughly 58,000 households are still without running water or power

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

Hundreds of elderly people slumbered on thin mats on the hard lobby floor at a community centre in Uki city as they sought relief from the punishing 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.

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

YATSUSHIRO, Japan - Rescuers frantically searched for ‌survivors on Wednesday, a day after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake shook southern Japan, killing at least 13 people, knocking out power to thousands of homes and rupturing roads across the region.

Some of the most serious damage was at the Aeon Mall in the city of Kashima.

Dozens more remain trapped underneath the rubble as authorities race against the clock to save as many people as possible during the critical 72 hour rescue period. The tremor is the most powerful to hit the region in 10 years since a 7.0 magnitude quake recorded in 2016.