MASHIKI, Japan, April 17, (APP/AFP): Rescuers were racing against the weather and the threat of more landslides Sunday to reach people still trapped by two big earthquakes that hit southern Japan.
At last 41 people are known to have died in the double disaster, with at least six still missing—feared buried in shattered houses or under torrents of mud.
Heavy rain was lashing the area around Kumamoto, where officials have warned quake-loosened hillsides could be at risk of collapse as aftershocks continued to roil the ground.
