Rescue workers search for survivors in quake-hit southwestern Japan

KITAKYUSHU, Japan, April 17 Kyodo - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 17, 2016, shows rescue workers searching for survivors in the village of Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture, in southwestern Japan, in the wake of a massive landslide caused by a magnitude-7.3 quake that struck the area the day before. Rescue efforts have continued amid aftershocks and the escalating risk of landslides due to rainfall overnight, with damage widespread in the region ever since an M6.5 temblor rocked the area on April 14.

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