
The desperate search for survivors intensified on Sunday in the splintered remains of buildings destroyed by Japan's deadly earthquakes and authorities ordered nearly a quarter of a million people from their homes amid fears of further quakes.
The two massive earthquakes have killed 41 people since Thursday. More than 2,000 people have been treated for injuries in hospital, Japan's broadcaster (NHK World) reported.
The powerful earthquakes hit the island of Kyushu. The area has also been hit by a series of aftershocks with the country's meteorological agency is warning there could still be more to come.
Early on Saturday morning, a magnitude-7.3 quake hit areas in Kumamoto Prefecture. It was two days after the region experienced a quake of the highest level on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of zero to seven.
Rescuers on Sunday searched for dozens of people feared trapped or buried alive, while survivors queued for scarce supplies of food and water.
Factories for companies including Sony, Honda and Toyota halted production as they assessed damage in the region, an important manufacturing hub in Japan's south.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he would boost the number of troops helping to 25,000 and had accepted a US offer of help with air transportation in the rescue efforts.
Three nuclear plants in the region were unaffected by the quake, but factories supplying tech and auto parts to companies like Sony Corp, Toyota Motor Corp and Nissan Motor Co Ltd were shut to assess any damage.
Heavy rains fueled worries of more landslides and with hundreds of aftershocks and fears of more quakes, thousands spent the night in evacuation centers.
About 422,000 households were without water and 100,000 without electricity, the government said.
NHK said around 240,000 people had received evacuation orders across the affected region amid fears of landslides.
Source: QNA
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