Desperate race on to find Kyushu earthquake survivors; death toll at 42

Displaced residents in Kumamoto Prefecture rest Sunday at an earthquake evacuation center set up at an elementary school in Yufu, Oita Prefecture. | KYODO

Kyodo, Reuters, Staff Report

Apr 17, 2016

Search and rescue operations intensified in Kyushu on Sunday and a 61-year-old woman was found dead, which brought the death toll from the twin earthquakes that hit last week to 42.

According to police, about 11 people are still missing, and thousands of rescuers continued their searches for them and other people possibly buried alive in collapsed structures.

The woman was found near her collapsed house in Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture. She was identified as Rieko Katashima, according to the Kumamoto Prefectural Government.

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