8,000 remain evacuated 1 week on from Kumamoto quake as heat persists

A week on from a magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan, over 8,000 people remain in evacuation shelters as water outages persisted amid extreme heat on Tuesday.People were taking refuge in 150 evacuation shelters, with about 12,000 buildings estimated to have been damaged in the quake, according to the prefecture.There has also been one suspected disaster-related death from heatstroke among people sleeping in cars, making life-saving measures urgent.Following a visit to an evacuation shelter on Monday, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the governmen…READ FULL ARTICLE