Kumamoto quake survivors battle intense heat as death toll rises to 36

Maximum temperatures are expected to reach 35 degrees Celsius or higher Saturday and into next week, with Monday forecast to hit 40 C.

Kumamoto faces a “double disaster,” as rescuers work in 100 degree heat, and shelters with limited air-conditioning put displaced people at risk for heatstroke.

Rescuers raced to find those still missing after the quake triggered a mall explosion, toppled a factory chimney and flattened homes.

More than 1,500 buildings were damaged, including 179 that were destroyed, according to preliminary assessments by Japanese officials.

Thousands of survivors of a powerful earthquake in southwestern Japan spent Friday in crowded shelters or sleeping in cars as they faced shortages of water and fuel and punishing summer temperatures that stoked fears of heat-related illness.

TOKYO (AP) -- Thousands of survivors of a powerful earthquake in southwestern Japan spent Friday in crowded shelters or slept in cars as they faced sh

Thousands of survivors of a powerful earthquake in southwestern Japan have spent Friday in crowded shelters or slept in cars as they faced shortages of water, electricity and fuel and punishing summer temperatures that stoked fears of heat-related illness

This year’s heat death toll for Southern Nevada rose to 46 on Thursday, a day after the Clark County coroner’s office released a spreadsheet that listed 29 heat-related deaths.

Residents in southwestern Japan camped in classrooms and vehicles Thursday, stocked up on water and tried to get back to normal, two days after a powerful quake set off an explosion at a mall, toppled a factory chimney and flattened homes in a disaster that killed at least 25

At least 34 people have been killed after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Japan, with 9,000 others displaced across the country's south-west.

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

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

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.

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.

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

A total of 28 people died in a major earthquake in Japan, the government said Thursday in a revised toll two days after the 7.1-magnitude tremor

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

Hundreds of rescue workers are battling for another day to reach possible survivors in the remains of the Aeon shopping mall in Kashima in the Kumamoto region.

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 cou

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

At least 18 people have died including a Vietnamese technical intern after a crane fell on him at a factory where he worked, while others remain missing.

At least 18 people have died including a Vietnamese technical intern after a crane fell on him at a factory where he worked, while others remain missing.

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.

The magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit a day earlier in the Kumamoto area on the southern main island of Kyushu also left at least 62 people injured, six of them seriously.

Death Toll Rises To 18 As Rescuers Comb Through Quake Rubble In Southwestern Japan  HuffPost

7.1-magnitude jolt rocked southern Japan on Tuesday

The powerful earthquake that rocked southern Japan has killed at least 18 people and more remain missing in a damaged shopping mall and a paper factory.

Authorities investigate possible explosion at Aeon shopping centre, power out for thousands of homes

The 7.1-magnitude earthquake caused significant destruction on Tuesday in Kumamoto, in the southwest of the archipelago. The death toll, which currently stands at at least 13, may rise further following a powerful explosion at a shopping mall.

The death toll from Japan’s Kyushu island quake rises to 13.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said 13 people have been found dead after a powerful quake shook part of southwestern Japan and rescue work was continuing Wednesday morning for the missing. A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Kumamoto area on the southern main island of Kyushu late on Tuesday afternoon. “There

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.

KUMAMOTO, Japan, July 29 (Reuters) - A 7.1-magnitude earthquake killed at least 13 people near the southern Japanese city of Kumamoto and rescuers are frantically searching for survivors trapped beneath the rubble, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Wednesday.

Several trapped in collapsed mall after Japan quake  CNN