Earthquake survivors battle sweltering heat in shelters as death toll rises
Three-year-old Tsugumi Shimada tries to cool down inside the tent she and her family are currently living in. ( Reuters: Issei Kato ) Rescuers are continuing to search for survivors on Japan's southern main island following a 7.1-magnitude earthquake. Authorities have confirmed at least 34 people have died. With temperatures exceeding 30 degrees Celsius, heat stroke is becoming a concern for the thousands of people seeking shelter in evacuation centres. The death toll from a 7.1-magnitude earthquake in Japan has reached 34, with 9,000 people displaced across the affected region. Rescuers continued searching for survivors on Thursday, local time, in the Kumamoto area on Japan's southern main island of Kyushu, where the quake struck on Tuesday.
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Seven people were confirmed to have died at the mall site, among the 11 people pulled out of the wreckage, according to Kumamoto authorities. With five people in critical condition and at least 86 others injured.
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Three-year-old Tsugumi Shimada tries to cool down inside the tent she and her family are currently living in. ( Reuters: Issei Kato ) Rescuers are continuing to search for survivors in the south-western region of Japan following a 7.1-magnitude earthquake. Authorities have confirmed at least 34 people have died. With temperatures exceeding 30 degrees Celsius, heat stroke is becoming a concern for the thousands of people seeking shelter in evacuation centres.
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Three-year-old Tsugumi Shimada tries to cool down inside the tent she and her family are currently living in. ( Reuters: Issei Kato ) Rescuers are continuing to search for survivors on Japan's southern main island following a 7.1-magnitude earthquake. Authorities have confirmed at least 34 people have died. With temperatures exceeding 30 degrees Celsius, heat stroke is becoming a concern for the thousands of people seeking shelter in evacuation centres. The death toll from a 7.1-magnitude earthquake in Japan has reached 34, with 9,000 people displaced across the affected region. Rescuers continued searching for survivors on Thursday, local time, in the Kumamoto area on Japan's southern main island of Kyushu, where the quake struck on Tuesday.