Kiwi in 'scary' Japan earthquake, at least 13 dead
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Japan's Kyushu region has resulted in at least 13 deaths and widespread infrastructure damage. Rescue efforts are ongoing as authorities struggle with power outages and extreme heat.
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Natural disasters of this scale have immediate humanitarian consequences and long-term economic impacts on regional infrastructure.
<p>Soldiers and emergency workers are combing through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 13 people and left many missing in southwestern Japan.</p> <p>Bullet train services and some airport operations remained suspended and damage was still being assessed a day after the magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Kumamoto area on the southern main island of Kyushu.</p> <p>"There are people who are still waiting to be rescued, and it's a race against time," Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said.
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