HEATSTROKE FEARS RISE AS JAPAN QUAKE VICTIMS FACE EL NINO WEATHER WITHOUT POWER, WATER

The 7.1-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Japan toppled houses and split open streets in the small city of Yatsushiro, but town official Akio Matsushita is most worried about the invisible threats from the lack… Many of the port city’s roughly 58,000 households were still without running water or power on Thursday, ‌two days since the quake hit Kumamoto prefecture, killing at least 17 people.

News - South China Morning Post reports that the 7.1-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Japan toppled houses and split open streets in the small city of Yatsushiro, but town official Akio Matsushita is most worried about the invisible threats from the lack…

The report adds: Many of the port city’s roughly 58,000 households were still without running water or power on Thursday, ‌two days since the quake hit Kumamoto prefecture, killing at least 17 people.

Matsushita, who is helping lead relief...

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