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Japan quake death toll rises to 13 after newly reopened Aeon Mall collapses
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Japan quake death toll rises to 13 after newly reopened Aeon Mall collapses The June 13 reopening was supposed to be a fresh start for the shopping centre, which had been damaged in a deadly tremor in 2016 A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Kumamoto area on the southern main island of Kyushu late on Tuesday afternoon. “There are people who are still waiting to be rescued, and it’s a race against time,” Takaichi said. “We will go all out to find and rescue as many people as we can.”
Japan quake death toll rises to 13 after newly reopened Aeon Mall collapses
The June 13 reopening was supposed to be a fresh start for the shopping centre, which had been damaged in a deadly tremor in 2016
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Kumamoto area on the southern main island of Kyushu late on Tuesday afternoon.
“There are people who are still waiting to be rescued, and it’s a race against time,” Takaichi said. “We will go all out to find and rescue as many people as we can.”
Takaichi offered her condolences to the victims and sympathy to their relatives, while urging those affected by the quake to take care of themselves under the hot weather.
The quake collapsed the second floor of the Aeon Mall in Kashima Town, trapping people, according to the fire department in the prefectural capital of Kumamoto. Prefectural officials said they were investigating an explosion reportedly from a gas leak.