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An elderly woman died from heat stroke while sheltering in a car in Kumamoto Prefecture following last week's 7.1 magnitude earthquake. The death underscores mounting dangers from extreme temperatures in the disaster zone.
A smokestack at a Nippon Paper factory in Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture collapsed following a powerful earthquake, leaving two people in cardiac arrest and nine others unaccounted for.
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck southwestern Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture on Tuesday afternoon, recording the highest seismic intensity level for the first time since January 2024, injuring several people and disrupting transport and power.