At least 34 dead in Japan earthquake as thousands of households left without power

The death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck south-eastern Japan on Tuesday has risen to 34, authorities announced today, with thousands of residents now also facing sweltering heat. The disaster management office in Kumamoto prefecture, where the earthquake struck, said seven more bodies had been pulled from the rubble of a shopping centre in […] The post At least 34 dead in Japan earthquake as thousands of households left without power appeared first on ProtoThema English.

By Αλεξία Αμβράζη