Death toll rises to 18 as rescuers comb through quake rubble in southwestern Japan
ONP 요약
A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck southern Japan's Kumamoto prefecture on Tuesday, shaking buildings and triggering a tsunami warning that was later lifted. The quake caused significant damage, including the collapse of a shopping mall's second floor, trapping dozens of people and leaving many injured or missing.
진보 성향:Magnitude focus — progressive outlets highlight the 7.1 magnitude and tsunami warning, downplaying collapse details.
중도 성향:Trapped people focus — moderate outlets emphasize people trapped and search for survivors.
보수 성향:Collapse emphasis — conservative outlets focus on mall and chimney collapse, missing people.
KUMAMOTO, Japan — Soldiers and emergency workers combed through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors Wednesday after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 18 people, including a foreigner, in southwestern Japan.
The magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit a day earlier in the Kumamoto area on the southern main island of Kyushu also left at least 62 people injured, six of them seriously, the prefectural government said.
The tally has been steadily growing, fanning fears it may continue to rise.
The sweltering weather heightened worries about the survivors as rescuers braved the heat.
It remained unclear how many people might still be missing.
Some of the most serious damage was at the Aeon Mall shopping center in Kashima city, which was bustling with thousands of people when the quake happened.
The company said some 3,000 customers were evacuated to a parking lot before a gas explosion happened in another part of the mall, where some people were still working.
The mall’s second floor collapsed, trapping people.
Witnesses said the explosion sh ...
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