Evacuees fight exhaustion in southwestern Japan quakes

Evacuees fight exhaustion in southwestern Japan quakes

Senior citizens rest in a bus owned by a hotel which has been serving as a shelter in Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 19, 2016, in repeated earthquakes that have devastated the region since the previous week. With many homes destroyed and shelters overcrowded, many evacuees have had to spend their nights sleeping in vehicles. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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