Japan’s Rescuers Battle ‘Cruel Heat’ After Major Earthquake
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. A woman collecting water on Friday from a stream near a home that collapsed after this week’s earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. By River Akira Davis Hisako Ueno and Kiuko Notoya River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno reported from Kumamoto Prefecture, and Kiuko Notoya from Tokyo. In the aftermath of the major earthquake in southwestern Japan, emergency workers and thousands of displaced residents are mounting a grueling recovery amid sweltering heat. Four days on, the death toll from Tuesday’s magnitude-6.8 earthquake in Kumamoto has risen to 36.
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Rescue workers have been navigating aftershocks — around 300 so far, according to the Japan meteorological agency — as well as temperatures nearing 100 degrees to reach any remaining survivors trapped in collapsed buildings. Seven people were killed when the building’s second floor collapsed, while five were pulled from the rubble alive. “We don’t know if that’s everyone, so we’re still going nonstop,” said Takeshi Ueda, a Kumamoto police official stationed at the mall on Thursday evening.
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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. A woman collecting water on Friday from a stream near a home that collapsed after this week’s earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. By River Akira Davis Hisako Ueno and Kiuko Notoya River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno reported from Kumamoto Prefecture, and Kiuko Notoya from Tokyo. In the aftermath of the major earthquake in southwestern Japan, emergency workers and thousands of displaced residents are mounting a grueling recovery amid sweltering heat. Four days on, the death toll from Tuesday’s magnitude-6.8 earthquake in Kumamoto has risen to 36.
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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. A woman collecting water on Friday from a stream near a home that collapsed after this week’s earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. By River Akira Davis Hisako Ueno and Kiuko Notoya River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno reported from Kumamoto Prefecture, and Kiuko Notoya from Tokyo. In the aftermath of the major earthquake in southwestern Japan, emergency workers and thousands of displaced residents are mounting a grueling recovery amid sweltering heat. Four days on, the death toll from Tuesday’s magnitude-6.8 earthquake in Kumamoto has risen to 36.
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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. A woman collecting water on Friday from a stream near a home that collapsed after this week’s earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. By River Akira Davis Hisako Ueno and Kiuko Notoya River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno reported from Kumamoto Prefecture, and Kiuko Notoya from Tokyo. In the aftermath of the major earthquake in southwestern Japan, emergency workers and thousands of displaced residents are mounting a grueling recovery amid sweltering heat. Four days on, the death toll from Tuesday’s magnitude-6.8 earthquake in Kumamoto has risen to 36.
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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. A woman collecting water on Friday from a stream near a home that collapsed after this week’s earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. By River Akira Davis Hisako Ueno and Kiuko Notoya River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno reported from Kumamoto Prefecture, and Kiuko Notoya from Tokyo. In the aftermath of the major earthquake in southwestern Japan, emergency workers and thousands of displaced residents are mounting a grueling recovery amid sweltering heat. Four days on, the death toll from Tuesday’s magnitude-6.8 earthquake in Kumamoto has risen to 36.
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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. A woman collecting water on Friday from a stream near a home that collapsed after this week’s earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. By River Akira Davis Hisako Ueno and Kiuko Notoya River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno reported from Kumamoto Prefecture, and Kiuko Notoya from Tokyo. In the aftermath of the major earthquake in southwestern Japan, emergency workers and thousands of displaced residents are mounting a grueling recovery amid sweltering heat. Four days on, the death toll from Tuesday’s magnitude-6.8 earthquake in Kumamoto has risen to 36.
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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. A woman collecting water on Friday from a stream near a home that collapsed after this week’s earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. By River Akira Davis Hisako Ueno and Kiuko Notoya River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno reported from Kumamoto Prefecture, and Kiuko Notoya from Tokyo. In the aftermath of the major earthquake in southwestern Japan, emergency workers and thousands of displaced residents are mounting a grueling recovery amid sweltering heat. Four days on, the death toll from Tuesday’s magnitude-6.8 earthquake in Kumamoto has risen to 36.
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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. A woman collecting water on Friday from a stream near a home that collapsed after this week’s earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. By River Akira Davis Hisako Ueno and Kiuko Notoya River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno reported from Kumamoto Prefecture, and Kiuko Notoya from Tokyo. In the aftermath of the major earthquake in southwestern Japan, emergency workers and thousands of displaced residents are mounting a grueling recovery amid sweltering heat. Four days on, the death toll from Tuesday’s magnitude-6.8 earthquake in Kumamoto has risen to 36.
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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. A woman collecting water on Friday from a stream near a home that collapsed after this week’s earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. By River Akira Davis Hisako Ueno and Kiuko Notoya River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno reported from Kumamoto Prefecture, and Kiuko Notoya from Tokyo. In the aftermath of the major earthquake in southwestern Japan, emergency workers and thousands of displaced residents are mounting a grueling recovery amid sweltering heat. Four days on, the death toll from Tuesday’s magnitude-6.8 earthquake in Kumamoto has risen to 36.
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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. A woman collecting water on Friday from a stream near a home that collapsed after this week’s earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. By River Akira Davis Hisako Ueno and Kiuko Notoya River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno reported from Kumamoto Prefecture, and Kiuko Notoya from Tokyo. In the aftermath of the major earthquake in southwestern Japan, emergency workers and thousands of displaced residents are mounting a grueling recovery amid sweltering heat. Four days on, the death toll from Tuesday’s magnitude-6.8 earthquake in Kumamoto has risen to 36.
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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. A woman collecting water on Friday from a stream near a home that collapsed after this week’s earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. By River Akira Davis Hisako Ueno and Kiuko Notoya River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno reported from Kumamoto Prefecture, and Kiuko Notoya from Tokyo. In the aftermath of the major earthquake in southwestern Japan, emergency workers and thousands of displaced residents are mounting a grueling recovery amid sweltering heat. Four days on, the death toll from Tuesday’s magnitude-6.8 earthquake in Kumamoto has risen to 36.
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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. A woman collecting water on Friday from a stream near a home that collapsed after this week’s earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. By River Akira Davis Hisako Ueno and Kiuko Notoya River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno reported from Kumamoto Prefecture, and Kiuko Notoya from Tokyo. In the aftermath of the major earthquake in southwestern Japan, emergency workers and thousands of displaced residents are mounting a grueling recovery amid sweltering heat. Four days on, the death toll from Tuesday’s magnitude-6.8 earthquake in Kumamoto has risen to 36.
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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. A woman collecting water on Friday from a stream near a home that collapsed after this week’s earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. By River Akira Davis Hisako Ueno and Kiuko Notoya River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno reported from Kumamoto Prefecture, and Kiuko Notoya from Tokyo. In the aftermath of the major earthquake in southwestern Japan, emergency workers and thousands of displaced residents are mounting a grueling recovery amid sweltering heat. Four days on, the death toll from Tuesday’s magnitude-6.8 earthquake in Kumamoto has risen to 36.
